List of rock instrumentals

The following is a list of rock instrumentals, including live performances and drum solos, organized primarily by artist name, then chronologically through the artist's discography.

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0-9

10cc

• "How Dare You" (How Dare You!, 1976)

35007

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

A

ABBA

• "Intermezzo No. 1" (ABBA, 1975)
• "Arrival" (Arrival, 1976)

AC/DC

• "Fling Thing" (B-side of "Jailbreak", 1976)
• "Chase the Ace" (Who Made Who, 1986)
• "D.T." (Who Made Who)

A.C.T

• "Personalities III. Tinnitus" (Today's Report, 1999)
• "Relationships IV. Second Thought" (Imaginary Friends, 2001)
• "Relationships VI. Gamophobia" (Imaginary Friends)
• "Dance Of Mr. Gumble" (Last Epic, 2003)
• "Intro" (Last Epic)
• "Silent Screams" (Silence, 2006)

Aerosmith

Brad Whitford, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith.

• "The Movie" (Permanent Vacation, 1987)
• "Dulcimer Stomp" (Pump, 1989)
• "Circle Jerk" (Pandora's Box box set, 1991)
• "Krawhitham" (Pandora's Box)
• "Let It Slide" (Pandora's Box)
• "Soulsaver" (Pandora's Box)
• "Boogie Man" (Get a Grip, 1993)

The Alan Parsons Project

• "Genesis Ch.1. V.32" (I Robot, 1977)
• "I Robot" (I Robot)
• "Voyager" (Pyramid, 1978)
• "Lucifer" (Eve, 1979)
• "The Gold Bug" (The Turn of a Friendly Card, 1980)
• "The Ace of Swords" (The Turn of a Friendly Card)
• "Mammagamma" (Eye in the Sky, 1982)
• "Sirius" (Eye in the Sky)
• "Pipeline" (Ammonia Avenue, 1984)
• "Hawkeye" (Vulture Culture, 1984)
• "Urbania" (Stereotomy, 1985)
• "Where's the Walrus?" (Stereotomy)
• "Chinese Whispers" (Stereotomy)
• "Paseo de Gracia" (Gaudí, 1987)
• The Sicilian Defence (2014)

Alice in Chains

• "Whale and Wasp" (Jar of Flies, 1994)

Allah-Las

• "Sacred Sands" (Allah-Las, 2012)

The Allman Brothers Band

The Allman Brothers Band with special guest Eric Clapton.

• "Don't Want You No More" (The Allman Brothers Band, 1969)
• "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" (Idlewild South, 1970)
• "Hot 'Lanta" (At Fillmore East, 1971)
• "Les Brers in A Minor" (Eat a Peach, 1972)
• "Mountain Jam" (Eat a Peach)
• "Little Martha" (Eat a Peach)
• "Jessica" (Brothers and Sisters, 1973)
• "High Falls" (Win, Lose or Draw, 1975)
• "Pegasus" (Enlightened Rogues, 1979)
• "True Gravity" (Seven Turns, 1990)
• "Kind of Bird" (Shades of Two Worlds, 1991)
• "Instrumental Illness" (Hittin' the Note, 2003)

The Amboy Dukes

• "Migration" (Migration, 1969)
• "Below The Belt" (Call Of The Wild, 1974)
• "Hibernation" (Tooth Fang & Claw, 1974)
• "Free Flight" (Tooth Fang & Claw, 1974)

Amon Düül II

• "She Came Through the Chimney" (Yeti, 1970)
• "Cerberus" (Yeti)
• "The Return of Rübezahl" (Yeti)
• "Eye-Shaking King" (Yeti)
• "Pale Gallery" (Yeti)
• "Yeti Talks to Yogi (Improvisation)" (Yeti)

Anathema

• "Destiny Is Dead" (Judgement, 1999)

Anberlin

• "A Heavy Hearted Work of Staggering Genius" (Never Take Friendship Personal, 2005)
• "(Début)" (Cities, 2007)
• "Glass to the Arson" (MIDI Remix) (Lost Songs, 2007)

And So I Watch You from Afar

• And So I Watch You from Afar (2009)

Andromeda

• "Chameleon Carnival" (Extension of the Wish, 2001)
• "Morphing Into Nothing" (II=I (Two Is One), 2003)

Anthrax

• "Across The River" (Fistful of Metal, 1984)
• "13" (State of Euphoria, 1988)
• "Intro to Reality" (Persistence of Time, 1990)
• "Pipeline" (Attack of the Killer B's, 1991)
• "Worship" (Worship Music, 2011)
• "Hymn 1" (Worship Music)
• "Hymn 2" (Worship Music)

Anvil

• "March of the Crabs" (Metal on Metal, 1982)
• "Pussy Poison" (Backwaxed, 1985)
• "Flight of the Bumblebeast" (Strength of Steel, 1987)
• "White Rhino" (Still Going Strong, 2002)

Aphrodite's Child

• "The Lamb" (666, 1972)
• "The Wakening Beast" (666)
• "The Marching Beast" (666)
• "The Battle of the Locusts" (666)
• "Tribulation" (666)
• "The Wedding of the Lamb" (666)
• "The Capture of the Beast" (666)

Apocalyptica

• Plays Metallica by Four Cellos (1996)

Ars Nova

• "Zarathustra" (Ars Nova, 1968)

Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu and various artists

• "A Song for Chi" (2009)

At the Gates

• "Into the Dead Sky" (Slaughter of the Soul, 1995)
• "The Flames of the End" (Slaughter of the Soul)

Atomic Rooster

• "Before Tomorrow" (Atomic Roooster, 1970)
• "Decline and Fall" (Atomic Roooster)
• "VUG" (Death Walks Behind You, 1970)
• "Gershatzer" (Death Walks Behind You)
• "The Rock" (In Hearing of Atomic Rooster, 1971)

August Burns Red

• "Carol of the Bells" (online single, 2007)
• "O Come O Come, Emmanuel" (O Come, O Come, Emmanuel 7", 2009)
• "The Little Drummer Boy" (God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 7", 2011)

Axel Rudi Pell

Axel Rudi Pell.

• "Open Doors" (Nasty Reputation, 1991)
• "Dreams of Passion" (Eternal Prisoner, 1992)
• "Desert Fire" (Between the Walls, 1994)
• "Sphinx Revenge" (Black Moon Pyramid, 1996)
• "Serenade of Darkness" (Black Moon Pyramid)
• "Prelude to the Moon (Opus #3 Menuetto Prelugio)" (Oceans of Time, 1998)
• "Total Eclipse (Opus #2 Allegro E Andante)" (The Wizard's Chosen Few, 2000)
• "Haunted Castle Serenade (Opus #4 Grazioso E Agresso)" (Mystica, 2006)
• "Emotional Echoes" (Tales of the Crown, 2008)
• "Noblesse Oblige (Opus 5 Adagio Contabile)" (The Crest, 2010)
• "The Guillotine Suite" (Circle of the Oath, 2012)

B

The B-52's

• "Work that Skirt" (Whammy!, 1983)
• "Follow Your Bliss" (Cosmic Thing, 1989)
• "The World's Green Laughter" (Good Stuff, 1992)

Babe Ruth

• "King Kong" (First Base, 1972)
• "We Are Holding On" (Amar Caballero, 1973)
• "A Fistful Of Dollars" (Babe Ruth, 1975)
• "Caught At The Plate" (Stealin' Home, 1975)

Bachman–Turner Overdrive

• "Free Wheelin'" (Not Fragile, 1974)

Badlands

• "Jade's Song" (Badlands, 1989)

Syd Barrett

• "Lanky (Part One)" (Opel, 1988)
• "Golden Hair (Instrumental version)" (Opel)
• "Rhamadan" (bonus track on Japanese reissue of The Madcap Laughs, 2015)

Bathory

Note: There is a brief instrumental titled 'Outro' that was originally included on Bathory and several other albums and subsequently found on various re-issues of most of Bathory's back-catalogue. Not every version is identical, though all are very similar (for example, the original is 23 seconds long while the version found on Blood Fire Death is 58 seconds long).

• "Storm of Damnation" (Bathory, 1984)

Michael Angelo Batio

• No Boundaries (1995)
• Planet Gemini (1997)
• Tradition (1999)
• Lucid Intervals and Moments of Clarity (2000)

B. Bumble and the Stingers

• "Nut Rocker" (1962)

The Beach Boys

The Beach Boys in 1964. From left: Al Jardine, Carl Wilson, Brian Wilson and Mike Love (drummer Dennis Wilson not shown).

• "Moon Dawg" (Surfin' Safari, 1962)
• "Misirlou" (Surfin' U.S.A., 1963)
• "Stoked" (Surfin' U.S.A.)
• "Surf Jam" (Surfin' U.S.A.)
• "Let's Go Trippin'" (Surfin' U.S.A.)
• "The Rocking Surfer" (Surfer Girl, 1963)
• "Boogie Woodie" (Surfer Girl)
• "Shut Down, Part II" (Shut Down Volume 2, 1964)
• "Denny's Drums" (Shut Down Volume 2)
• "Carl's Big Chance" (All Summer Long, 1964)
• "Summer Means New Love" (Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!), 1965)
• "Let's Go Away for Awhile" (Pet Sounds, 1966)
• "Pet Sounds" (Pet Sounds)
• "Fall Breaks and Back to Winter" (Smiley Smile, 1967)
• "Look" (recorded at sessions for Smiley Smile, later released with vocals)
• "Passing By" (Friends, 1968)
• "Diamond Head" (Friends)
• "The Nearest Faraway Place" (20/20, 1969)
• "I'm the Pied Piper – Instrumental" (Mount Vernon and Fairway (A Fairy Tale), the bonus EP included with Holland, 1973)
• "Trombone Dixie" (The Pet Sounds Sessions, 1997)
• "I Wanna Be Around" / "Workshop" (The Smile Sessions, 2011)
• "Holidays" (The Smile Sessions)
• "The Elements: Fire" (The Smile Sessions)

Beastie Boys

• The In Sound from Way Out! (1996)
• The Mix-Up (2007)

The Beatles

• "Cry for a Shadow" (1964)
• "Flying" (Magical Mystery Tour, 1967)
• "Cayenne" (Anthology 1, 1995)
• "12-Bar Original" (Anthology 2, 1996)

Jeff Beck

Most of Beck's recordings following the dissolution of The Jeff Beck Group are instrumentals.

• "Beck's Bolero" (B-side of "Hi Ho Silver Lining", 1967)
• Blow by Blow (1975)
• Wired (1976)
• There & Back (1980)

Jason Becker

• Perpetual Burn (1988)
• Perspective (1995)
• The Raspberry Jams (1999)
• The Blackberry Jams (2003)

Bee Gees

• "Seven Seas Symphony" (Odessa, 1969)
• "With All Nations (International Anthem)" (Odessa)
• "The British Opera" (Odessa)

The Beta Band

• "B + A" (The Three E.P.'s, 1998)
• "Rhodondendron" (Heroes to Zeros, 2004)

Big Ass Truck

• "Dog Chases an Iguana Up a Tree and Barks at It All Night (Parts I & II)" (Kent, 1996)

Black Flag

• "Long Lost Dog of It" (Family Man, 1984)
• "I Won't Stick Any of You Unless and Until I Can Stick All of You!" (Family Man)
• "Account for What?" (Family Man)
• "The Pups Are Doggin' It" (Family Man)
• The Process of Weeding Out EP (1985)

Black Label Society

• "T.A.Z." (Sonic Brew, 1998)
• "A.N.D.R.O.T.A.Z." (Alcohol Fueled Brewtality, 2001)
• "Speedball" (1919 Eternal, 2002)
• "America the Beautiful" (1919 Eternal)
• "Dr. Octavia" (Mafia, 2005)
• "Chupacabra" (Order of the Black, 2010)

Black Sabbath

Tony Iommi and Ozzy Osbourne of Black Sabbath in 1973.

• "Rat Salad" (Paranoid, 1970)
• "Embryo" (Master of Reality, 1971)
• "Orchid" (Master of Reality)
• "FX" (Vol. 4, 1972)
• "Laguna Sunrise" (Vol. 4)
• "Fluff" (Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, 1973)
• "Don't Start (Too Late)" (Sabotage, 1975)
• "Supertzar" (Sabotage)
• "Breakout" (Never Say Die!, 1978)
• "E5150" (Mob Rules, 1981)
• "Stonehenge" (Born Again, 1983)
• "The Dark" (Born Again)
• "Sphinx (The Guardian)" (Seventh Star, 1986)
• "Scarlet Pimpernel" (The Eternal Idol, 1987)
• "The Gates of Hell" (Headless Cross, 1989)
• "The Battle of Tyr" (Tyr, 1990)
• Several intros/outros on early Black Sabbath albums were named separately, but not tracked separately on the album. These tracks are listed below:
  • "The Wasp" (intro to "Behind the Wall of Sleep", Black Sabbath, 1970)
  • "Bassically" (intro to "N.I.B.", Black Sabbath)
  • "A Bit of Finger" (intro to "Sleeping Village", Black Sabbath)
  • "Luke's Wall" (outro to "War Pigs", Paranoid)
  • "Jack the Stripper" (intro to "Fairies Wear Boots", Paranoid)
  • "The Elegy" (intro to "After Forever", Master of Reality)
  • "Haunting" (outro to "Children of the Grave", Master of Reality)
  • "Step Up" (intro to "Lord of This World", Master of Reality)
  • "Deathmask" (intro to "Into the Void", Master of Reality)
  • "The Straightener" (outro to "Wheels of Confusion", Vol. 4)
  • "Every Day Comes and Goes" (outro to "Under the Sun", Vol. 4)

Blackmore's Night

Blackmore's Night.

• "Memmingem" (Shadow of the Moon, 1997)
• "Minstrel Hall" (Shadow of the Moon)
• "Beyond Sunset" (Under a Violet Moon, 1999)
• "Durch dem Wald zum Bach Haus" (Under a Violet Moon)
• "Possum goes to Prague" (Under a Violet Moon)
• "Mr. Peagram's Morris and Sword" (Ghost of a Rose, 2003)
• "Nur Eine Minute" (Ghost of a Rose)
• "Queen for a Day (Part 2)" (Ghost of a Rose)
• "The Messenger" (The Village Lanterne, 2006)
• "Carry on...Jon" (Dancer and the Moon, 2013)

Blaqk Audio

• "Stiff Kittens" (CexCells, 2007)

Blood, Sweat & Tears

• "Variations on a Theme By Erik Satie (1st and 2nd Movements)" (Blood, Sweat & Tears, 1968)
• "Variations on a Theme By Erik Satie (1st Movement)" (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
• "Refugee from Yuhupitz" (bonus track on Child Is Father to the Man reissue, 1994)

Blues Project

• "Flute Thing" (Projections, 1966)

Blur

Blur.

• "Garden Central" (B-side of "Popscene", 1992)
• "Intermission" (Modern Life Is Rubbish, 1993)
• "Commercial Break" (Modern Life Is Rubbish)
• "The Debt Collector" (Parklife, 1994)
• "Enrold Same (Reprise)" (The Great Escape, 1995)
• "Ludwig" (B-side of "Stereotypes", 1996)
• "Interlude" (Blur, 1997)
• "Bustin' + Dronin'" (B-side of "Song 2", 1997)
• "French Song" (B-side of "Tender", 1999)
• "Optigan 1" (13, 1999)

Tommy Bolin

• "Homeward Strut" (Teaser, 1975)
• "Marching Powder" (Teaser)

Bon Iver

• "Team" (For Emma, Forever Ago, 2008)

Booker T. & the M.G.'s

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

Boston

• "Foreplay" (Boston, 1976)
• "The Journey" (Don't Look Back, 1978)
• "The Launch" (Third Stage, 1986)
• "A New World" (Third Stage)
• "Last Day of School" (Life, Love & Hope, 2013)

The Bouncing Souls

• "Moon Over Asbury" (Maniacal Laughter, 1996)

David Bowie

David Bowie in 1978.

• "Speed of Life" (Low, 1977)
• "A New Career in a New Town" (Low)
• "Warszawa" (Low)
• "Art Decade" (Low)
• "Weeping Wall" (Low)
• "Sense of Doubt" ("Heroes", 1977)
• "Moss Garden" ("Heroes")
• "Neuköln" ("Heroes")
• "Crystal Japan" (Japanese single, 1980)
• "The Wedding" (Black Tie White Noise, 1993)
• "The Mysteries" (The Buddha of Suburbia, 1993)
• "Ian Fish, U.K. Heir" (The Buddha of Suburbia)
• "Plan" (bonus track on the deluxe edition reissue of The Next Day, 2013)

The Breeders

• "Flipside" (Last Splash, 1993)
• "S.O.S." (Last Splash)

Roy Buchanan

• "Sweet Dreams" (Roy Buchanan, 1972)

Buckethead

Buckethead performing in Seattle in 2008.

Most, if not all, of Buckethead's recordings are instrumentals.

• "Big Sur Moon" (Colma, 1998)
• "Nun Chuka Kata" (Monsters and Robots, 1999)
• "Somewhere Over the Slaughterhouse" (Somewhere Over the Slaughterhouse, 2001)
• "Sketches of Spain (For Miles)" (Electric Tears, 2002)
• "Spokes for the Wheel of Torment" (The Cuckoo Clocks of Hell, 2004)
• "Nottingham Lace" (Enter the Chicken, 2005)
• "Soothsayer" (Crime Slunk Scene, 2006)
• "Jordan" (Guitar Hero II, 2006)
• Pepper's Ghost (2007)

Budgie

• "Bottled" (Squawk, 1972)

Buzzcocks

• "Late for the Train" (Love Bites, 1978)

C

Café Tacuba

• "Perfidia" (Avalancha de Éxitos, 1996)
• Revés (1999)

Cake

• "Arco Arena" (Comfort Eagle, 2001)
• "Conroy" (B-Sides and Rarities, 2007)
• "Teenage Pregnancy" (Showroom of Compassion, 2011)

JJ Cale

• "Durango" (Anyway the Wind Blows: The Anthology, 1997)
• "Midnight in Memphis" (Anyway the Wind Blows: The Anthology, 1997)

Calexico

• Gipsy's curse (The Black Light) (1998)
• Tool Box (2007)

Camel

Camel in 2003.

• "Six Ate" (Camel, 1973)
• "Arubaluba" (Camel, 1973)
• "Supertwister" (Mirage, 1974)
• "Earthrise" (Mirage)
• The Snow Goose (1975)
• "Aristillus" (Moonmadness, 1976)
• "Chord Change" (Moonmadness)
• "Lunar Sea" (Moonmadness)
• "The Sleeper" (Breathless, 1978)
• "Ice" (I Can See Your House from Here, 1979)
• "Nude" (Nude, 1981)
• "Docks" (Nude)
• "Beached" (Nude)
• "Landscapes" (Nude)
• "Changing Places" (Nude)
• "Pomp & Circumstance" (Nude)
• "Sasquatch" (The Single Factor, 1982)

Camper Van Beethoven

• "Eye of Fatima (Part Two)" (Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart, 1988)

Jerry Cantrell

• "Hurts Don't It?" (Degradation Trip Volumes 1 & 2, 2002)

Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band

• "Hair Pie: Bake 1" (Trout Mask Replica, 1969)
• "Dali's Car" (Trout Mask Replica)
• "Hair Pie: Bake 2" (Trout Mask Replica)
• "Peon" (Lick My Decals Off, Baby, 1970)
• "Japan in a Dishpan" (Lick My Decals Off, Baby)
• "One Red Rose That I Mean" (Lick My Decals Off, Baby)
• "Alice in Blunderland" (The Spotlight Kid, 1972)
• "Ice Rose" (Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller), 1978)
• "Suction Prints" (Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller))
• "A Carrot is As Close as a Rabbit Gets to a Diamond" (Doc at the Radar Station, 1980)
• "Flavor Bud Living" (Doc at the Radar Station)
• "Semi-Multicoloured Caucasian" (Ice Cream for Crow, 1982)
• "Evening Bell" (Ice Cream for Crow)

Caravan

• "L'Auberge du Sanglier/A Hunting We Shall Go/Pengola/Backwards/A Hunting We Shall Go (Reprise)" (For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night, 1973)

Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine

• "Twin Tub with Guitar" (B-side of "Sheriff Fatman", 1989)
• "Crimestoppers a' Go Go" (101 Damnations, 1990)

Celtic Frost

• "Danse Macabre" (Morbid Tales, 1984)

Gustavo Cerati

• "Torteval" (hidden track on Amor Amarillo, 1993)
• "Y Si el Humo Está en Foco..." (Bocanada, 1999)
• "Aquí y Ahora (Y Después)" (Bocanada)
• "Balsa" (Bocanada)

The Chantays

• "Pipeline" (Pipeline, 1963)

Cheap Trick

• "Oh Boy" (B-side of "I Want You to Want Me", 1977)
• "Sabre Dance" (Japanese bonus track on Woke Up with a Monster, 1994)

The Chemical Brothers

• "Song to the Siren" (Exit Planet Dust, 1992)

Chicago

• "Free Form Guitar" (The Chicago Transit Authority, 1969)
• "Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon: Anxiety's Moment" (Chicago, 1970)
• "Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon: West Virginia Fantasies" (Chicago)
• "Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon: To Be Free" (Chicago)
• "Memories of Love: Prelude" (Chicago)
• "Memories of Love: A. M. Mourning" (Chicago)
• "Memories of Love: P. M. Mourning" (Chicago)
• "It Better End Soon: 2nd Movement" (Chicago)
• "Travel Suite: Motorboat to Mars" (Chicago III, 1971)
• "Travel Suite: Free Country" (Chicago III)
• "Elegy: Canon" (Chicago III)
• "Elegy: Once Upon a Time..." (Chicago III)
• "Elegy: Progress?" (Chicago III)
• "Elegy: The Approaching Storm" (Chicago III)
• "Elegy: Man vs. Man: The End" (Chicago III)
• "Prelude to Aire" (Chicago VII, 1974)
• "Aire" (Chicago VII)
• "Devil's Sweet" (Chicago VII)
• "Italian from New York" (Chicago VII)
• "Hanky Panky" (Chicago VII)
• "Mongonucleosis" (Chicago VII)

Circus Maximus

• "Biosfear" (The 1st Chapter, 2005)
• "Sane No More" (Isolate, 2007)

Eric Clapton

• "Slunky" (Eric Clapton, 1970)
• "Peaches and Diesel" (Slowhand, 1977)
• "Edge of Darkness" (24 Nights, 1991)
• "Signe" (Unplugged, 1992)
• "Reptile" (Reptile, 2001)

Bruce Cockburn

• "Ting/The Cauldron" (High Winds, White Sky, 1971)
• "Sunwheel Dance" (Sunwheel Dance, 1972)
• "Foxglove" (Night Vision, 1973)
• "Islands in a Black Sky" (Night Vision)
• "Lightstorm" (Night Vision)
• "Salt, Sun and Time" (Salt, Sun and Time, 1974)
• "Rouler sa Bosse ('To Knock About the World')" (Salt, Sun and Time)
• "Seeds on the Wind" (Salt, Sun and Time)
• "Skylarking" (Joy Will Find a Way, 1975)
• "Music For a Lunar Eclipse" (B-side of "Burn", 1975)
• "Water Into Wine" (In the Falling Dark, 1976)
• "Giftbearer" (In the Falling Dark)
• "The Pipes. The Pipes." (Circles in the Stream, 1977)
• "Deer Dancing Round a Broken Mirror" (Circles in the Stream)
• "Cader Idris" (Circles in the Stream)
• "Red Ships Take Off in the Distance" (Further Adventures Of, 1978)
• "Radio Shoes" (Inner City Front, 1981)
• "Actions Speak Louder" (Nothing but a Burning Light, 1991)
• "When It's Gone, It's Gone" (Nothing but a Burning Light)
• "Joy to the World" (Christmas, 1993)
• "Train in the Rain" (Dart to the Heart, 1994)
• "Sunrise on the Mississippi" (Dart to the Heart)
• "Mistress of Storms" (The Charity of Night, 1996)
• "Down to the Delta" (Breakfast in New Orleans, Dinner in Timbuktu, 1999)
• "Deep Lake" (Breakfast in New Orleans, Dinner in Timbuktu)
• "Untitled Guitar" (bonus track on In the Falling Dark reissue, 2002)
• "Mountain Call" (bonus track on Further Adventures Of reissue, 2002)
• "Cala Luna" (bonus track on The Trouble with Normal reissue, 2002)
• "Rise and Fall" (bonus track on Japanese release of Speechless, 2005)
• "Jerusalem Poker" (Life Short Call Now, 2006)
• "Nude Descending a Staircase" (Life Short Call Now)
• "Bohemian 3-Step" (Small Source of Comfort, 2011)
• "Lois on the Autobahn" (Small Source of Comfort)
• "Comets of Kandahar" (Small Source of Comfort)

Cocteau Twins

• "My Hue and Cry" (BBC Sessions,1983)
• "Otterley" (BBC Sessions, 1984)
• "Rococo" (Aikea-Guinea, 1985)
• "Ribbed and Veined" (Tiny Dynamine, 1985)
• "Oomingmak (instrumental version)" (The Box Set, 1991)

Coldplay

• "Life in Technicolor" (Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, 2008)

Phil Collins

• "Droned" (Face Value, 1981)
• "Hand in Hand" (Face Value)
• "The West Side" (Hello, I Must Be Going!, 1982)
• "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning" (...But Seriously, 1989)

Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains

• "Elephant Ghost" (The Big Eyeball in the Sky, 2004)
• "Scott Taylor" (The Big Eyeball in the Sky)
• "Jackalope" (The Big Eyeball in the Sky)

Colosseum

• "Debut" (Those Who Are About to Die Salute You, 1969)

Alice Cooper

• "Titanic Overture" (Pretties for You, 1969)
• "Street Fight" (School's Out, 1972)
• "Grande Finale" (School's Out)

Cracker

• "Steve's Hornpipe" (B-side on US release of "Low", 1994)

Cream

• "Toad" (Fresh Cream, 1966)
• "Cat's Squirrel" (Fresh Cream)
• "Steppin' Out" (Live Cream Volume II, 1972)

Creation

• "Spinning Toe-Hold" (Pure Electric Soul, 1977)
• "Spinning Toe-Hold No. 2" (B-side of single, 1977, later included on Super Rock in the Highest Voltage, 1978)

Creedence Clearwater Revival

• "Susie Q. (Part 2)" (B-side of single, 1968, excerpted from longer album track which contained vocals)
• "Poorboy Shuffle" (Willy and the Poor Boys, 1969)
• "Side o' the Road" (Willy and the Poor Boys)
• "Rude Awakening #2" (Pendulum, 1970)
• "Crazy Otto" (bonus track on 40th Anniversary Edition reissue of Bayou Country, 2008)
• "Broken Spoke Shuffle" (bonus track on 40th Anniversary Edition reissue of Green River, 2008)
• "Glory Be" (bonus track on 40th Anniversary Edition of Green River)

The Cure

• "A Reflection" (Seventeen Seconds, 1980)
• "The Final Sound" (Seventeen Seconds)
• "Carnage Visors" (cassette versions of Faith, 1981)

D

Dick Dale

Most, if not all, of Dale's recordings are instrumentals.

• "Let's Go Trippin'" (1961)
• "Misirlou" (1962)
• (with Stevie Ray Vaughan) "Pipeline" (soundtrack to Back to the Beach, 1987)

Dark Tranquillity

• "Mine is the Grandeur..." (The Gallery, 1995)
• "The Mind's Eye" (The Mind's I, 1997)
• "Ex Nihilo" (Damage Done, 2002)
• "Silence in the House of Tongues" (Fiction expanded edition, 2007)
• "Winter Triangle" (Fiction expanded edition)

Darkane

• "Relief in Disguise" (Japanese bonus track on Rusted Angel, 1999)

Dave Matthews Band

• "#34" (Under the Table and Dreaming, 1994)
• "Kit Kat Jam" (Busted Stuff, 2002)
• "Anyone Seen the Bridge?" (live-only)

Death Angel

• "The Ultra-Violence" (The Ultra-Violence, 1987)

Deep Blue Something

• "Gammer Gerten's Needle" (Home, 1994)

Deep Purple

• "And the Address" (Shades of Deep Purple, 1968)
• "Wring That Neck" (The Book of Taliesyn, 1968)
• "A' 200" (Burn, 1974)
• "Owed to 'G'" (Come Taste the Band, 1975)
• "Son of Alerik" (B-side of "Perfect Strangers", 1985)
• "Grabsplatter" (The Anthology, 1985)
• "Jam Stew" (bonus track on Deep Purple in Rock reissue, 1995)
• "Backwards Piano" (bonus track on Fireball reissue, 1996)
• "The Noise Abatement Society Tapes" (bonus track on Fireball reissue)
• "Love Help Me" (Shades 1968–1998 box set, 1999)
• "First Day Jam" (bonus track on Who Do We Think We Are reissue, 2000)
• "Contact Lost" (Bananas, 2003)
• "Coronarias Redig" (bonus track on Burn reissue, 2004)
• "The Well-Dressed Guitar" (Rapture of the Deep Special Tour 2 CD Edition, 2006)
• "Bolin/Paice Jam" (bonus track on 35th Anniversary reissue of Come Taste the Band, 2010)

Def Leppard

• "Switch 625" (High 'n' Dry, 1981)
• "Disintegrate" (Euphoria, 1999)
• "Cause We've Ended As Lovers" (unreleased track)

Derek and the Dominos

• "Jam I" (The Layla Sessions, 1990)
• "Jam II" (The Layla Sessions)
• "Jam III" (The Layla Sessions)
• "Jam IV" (The Layla Sessions)
• "Jam V" (The Layla Sessions)
• "Tell the Truth (Jam No. 1)" (The Layla Sessions)
• "(When Things Go Wrong) It Hurts Me Too" (The Layla Sessions)

The Derek Trucks Band

Most of the band's early recordings, prior to their introduction of vocalist Mike Mattison, are instrumentals. Many of these recordings also veer strongly towards jazz fusion with rock elements.

Destroyalldreamers

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

DGM

• "Flyin' Fantasy" (Change Direction, 1997)
• "Trapped..." (Frame, 2009)

Diabolical Masquerade

• "1st Movement: Nerves in Rush" (Death's Design, 2001)

Dick Diver

• "Resist" (Melbourne, Florida, 2015)

Dio

• "Magica Theme" (Magica, 2000)
• "Annica" (Japanese bonus track on Magica)

Dixie Dregs

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

Dokken

• "Mr. Scary" (Back for the Attack, 1987)

Doves

• "Firesuite" (Lost Souls, 2000)
• "Reprise" (Lost Souls)
• "Where We're Calling From" (The Last Broadcast, 2002)
• "Darker" (Lost Sides, 2003)
• "Meet Me at the Pier" (Lost Sides)
• "Crunch" (Lost Sides)
• "Zither" (Lost Sides)

Dream Theater

Dream Theater performing in Brazil in 2008. Vocalist James LaBrie roams the stage while his bandmates perform an instrumental passage.

• "The Ytse Jam" (When Dream and Day Unite, 1989)
• "Bombay Vindaloo" (Live at the Marquee, 1993)
• "Eve" (B-side of "The Silent Man", 1994)
• "A Mind Beside Itself I: Erotomania" (Awake, 1994)
• "A Change of Seasons I: The Crimson Sunrise" (A Change of Seasons, 1995)
• "A Change of Seasons IV: The Darkest of Winters" (A Change of Seasons)
• "A Change of Seasons VI: The Inevitable Summer" (A Change of Seasons)
• "Funeral For a Friend" (A Change of Seasons)
• "The Rover" (A Change of Seasons)
• "The Big Medley: Carry On Wayward Son" (A Change of Seasons)
• "The Big Medley: Cruise Control" (A Change of Seasons)
• "Hell's Kitchen" (Falling into Infinity, 1997)
• "Overture 1928" (Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory, 1999)
• "The Dance of Eternity" (Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory)
• "Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence: I. Overture" (Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence, 2002)
• "Stream of Consciousness" (Train of Thought, 2003)
• "Instrumedley" (Live at Budokan, 2004)
• "In the Presence of Enemies I: Prelude" (Systematic Chaos, 2007)
• "In the Presence of Enemies V: The Reckoning" (Systematic Chaos)
• "Odyssey" (Special Edition of Black Clouds & Silver Linings, 2009)
• "Larks' Tongues in Aspic - Part II" (Special Edition of Black Clouds & Silver Linings)
• Disc 3 of the Special Edition of Black Clouds & Silver Linings consists of instrumental re-recordings of the main album's tracks
• "Raw Dog" (God of War: Blood & Metal EP, 2010)
• "False Awakening Suite III: Lucid Dream" (Dream Theater, 2013)
• "Enigma Machine" (Dream Theater)
• "Illumination Theory I: Paradoxe De La Lumière Noire" (Dream Theater)
• "Illumination Theory III: The Embracing Circle" (Dream Theater)
• "The Enemy Inside" (Japanese bonus track on Dream Theater)

Dredg

• "Brushstroke: New Heart Shadow" (El Cielo, 2002)

Dungen

Dungen.

• "Det Du Tänker Idag är Du i Morgon" (Ta Det Lugnt, 2004)
• "Lejonet & Kulan" (Ta Det Lugnt)
• "Om Du Vore en Vakthund" (Ta Det Lugnt)
• "Målerås Finest" (4, 2008)
• "Samtidigt 1" (4)
• "Fredag" (4)
• "Samtidigt 1" (4)
• "Bandhagen" (4)

Duran Duran

• "Tel Aviv" (Duran Duran, 1981)
• "Tiger Tiger" (Seven and the Ragged Tiger, 1983)
• "Lake Shore Driving" (Big Thing, 1988)
• "Kiss Goodbye" (Pop Trash, 2000)
• "Fragment" (Pop Trash)
• "Tricked Out" (Red Carpet Massacre, 2007)

The Durutti Column

Most of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

Bob Dylan

• Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973) except for "Billy 1", "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" and "Billy 4"

E

Eagles

• "Doolin-Dalton (Instrumental)" (Desperado, 1973)
• "Journey of the Sorcerer" (One of These Nights, 1975)
• "Wasted Time (Reprise)" (Hotel California, 1976)
• "I Dreamed There Was No War" (Long Road Out of Eden, 2007)

Earthless

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

The Edgar Winter Group

• "Frankenstein" (They Only Come Out at Night, 1972)
• "Chainsaw" (The Edgar Winter Group With Rick Derringer, 1975)

Eels

• "Going to Your Funeral Part II" (Electro-Shock Blues, 1998)
• "Theme from Blinking Lights" (Blinking Lights and Other Revelations, 2005)
• "Theme for a Pretty Girl That Makes You Believe God Exists" (Blinking Lights and Other Revelations)
• "Blinking Lights (For You)" (Blinking Lights and Other Revelations)
• "High and Lonesome" (End Times, 2010)
• "Where I'm At" (The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett, 2014)

Electric Light Orchestra

• "First Movement (Jumping Biz)" (The Electric Light Orchestra, 1971)
• "Manhattan Rumble (49th Street Massacre)" (The Electric Light Orchestra)
• "Daybreaker" (On the Third Day, 1973)
• "In the Hall of the Mountain King" (On the Third Day)
• "Fire On High" (Face the Music, 1975)
• "The Whale" (Out of the Blue, 1977)
• "Another Heart Breaks" (Time, 1981)
• "After All" (B-side of "Rock 'n' Roll Is King", 1983)
• "The Quick and the Daft" (Out of the Blue deluxe edition reissue, 2007)

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

• "The Barbarian" (Emerson, Lake & Palmer, 1970)
• "The Three Fates" (Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
• "Tank" (Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
• "Infinite Space (Conclusion)" (Tarkus, 1971)
• "Promenade (I)" (Pictures at an Exhibition, 1971)
• "The Gnome" (Pictures at an Exhibition)
• "The Old Castle" (Pictures at an Exhibition)
• "Blues Variation" (Pictures at an Exhibition)
• "Promenade (III)" (Pictures at an Exhibition)
• "The Hut of Baba Yaga" (Pictures at an Exhibition)
• "The Curse of Baba Yaga" (Pictures at an Exhibition)
• "The Hut of Baba Yaga (Part 2)" (Pictures at an Exhibition)
• "Nut Rocker" (Pictures at an Exhibition)
• "Hoedown" (Trilogy, 1972)
• "Fugue" (Trilogy)
• "Abaddon's Bolero" (Trilogy)
• "Karn Evil 9: Second Impression" (Brain Salad Surgery, 1973)
• "Toccata" (Brain Salad Surgery)
• "Fanfare for the Common Man" (Works Volume 1, 1977)
• "The Enemy God Dances with the Black Spirits" (Works Volume 1)
• "L.A. Nights" (Works Volume 1)
• "New Orleans" (Works Volume 1)
• "Two-part Invention in D Minor" (Works Volume 1)
• "Food For Your Soul" (Works Volume 1)
• "Piano Concerto No.1" (Works Volume 1)
• "When the Apple Blossoms Bloom in the Windmills of Your Mind I'll Be Your Valentine" (Works Volume 2, 1977)
• "Canario" (Love Beach, 1978)
• "Peter Gunn" (Emerson, Lake and Palmer In Concert, 1979)
• "Romeo and Juliet" (Black Moon, 1992)

Epica

• "La‘petach Chatat Rovetz (The Final Embrace)" (The Divine Conspiracy, 2007)
• "The Price of Freedom" (Design Your Universe, 2009)
• "Amina" (Requiem for the Indifferent, 2012)
• "Serenade of Self Destruction" (Requiem for the Indifferent) was mistakenly released as an instrumental version on the first edition of the album
• The Score – An Epic Journey (2005) except for "Trois Vierges", "Solitary Ground" and "Quietus"

Equilibrium

• "Heiderauche" (Sagas, 2008)
• "Mana" (Sagas)
• "Kurzes Epos" (Rekreatur, 2010)
• "Aufbruch" (Erdentempel, 2014)
• Disc 2 of the Limited Edition of Erdentempel is all instrumental

Everclear

• "El Distorto de Melodica" (So Much for the Afterglow, 1997)
• "Halloween Americana" (Songs from an American Movie Vol. Two: Good Time for a Bad Attitude, 2000)

Evergrey

• "Till Dagmar" (Monday Morning Apocalypse, 2006)

Evile

• "Hundred Wrathful Deities" (Infected Nations, 2009)

Explosions in the Sky

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

F

The Fabulous Thunderbirds

• "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White" (Butt Rockin', 1981)
• "Down at Antone's" (Tuff Enuff, 1986)

Failure

• "Segue 1" (Fantastic Planet, 1996)
• "Segue 2" (Fantastic Planet)
• "Segue 3" (Fantastic Planet)

Faith No More

• "Jim" (We Care a Lot, 1985)
• "Pills for Breakfast" (We Care a Lot)
• "Woodpecker from Mars" (The Real Thing, 1989)
• "Midnight Cowboy" (Angel Dust, 1992)

Harold Faltermeyer and Steve Stevens

• "Top Gun Anthem" (soundtrack to Top Gun, 1986)

Family

• "Variation on a theme of Hey Mr. Policeman" (Music in a Doll's House, 1968)
• "Variation on a theme of The Breeze" (Music in a Doll's House)
• "Variation on a theme of Me My Friend" (Music in a Doll's House)
• "Summer '67" (Family Entertainment, 1969)
• "93's O.K. J" (A Song for Me, 1970)
• "Normans" (Anyway, 1970)
• "Crinkley Grin" (Fearless, 1971)
• "Banger" (It's Only a Movie, 1973)

Fates Warning

• "S.E.K." (Night on Bröcken, 1984)
• "Shadowfax" (Night on Bröcken)
• "Time Long Past" (Awaken the Guardian, 1986)
• "At Fates Fingers" (Chasing Time, 1995)

Fear Factory

• "Full Metal Contact" (Digimortal, 2001)
• "Metallic Division" (Mechanize, 2010)
• "Religion Is Flawed Because Man Is Flawed" (The Industrialist, 2012)

Firehose

• "Blaze" (Mr. Machinery Operator, 1993)

Five Finger Death Punch

• "Canto 34" (War Is the Answer, 2009)

The Flaming Lips

• "Sleeping on The Roof" (The Soft Bulletin, 1999)
• "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 2" (Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, 2002)
• "Approaching Pavonis Mons by Balloon (Utopia Planitia)" (Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots)
• "The Wizard Turns On..." (At War with the Mystics, 2006)

Fleetwood Mac

• "Evenin' Boogie" (Mr. Wonderful, 1968)
• "Albatross"/"Jigsaw Puzzle Blues" (1969, included on UK release The Pious Bird of Good Omen/US release English Rose)
• "Oh Well Part 2" (B-side of single, 1969, included on US reissue of Then Play On)
• "My Dream" (all of Then Play On editions, excluding the US reissue, where it was dropped in favor of "Oh Well", 1969)
• "Underway" (all of Then Play On editions, 1969)
• "Searching For Madge"/"Fighting For Madge" (all of Then Play On editions, 1969)
• "World in Harmony" (B-side of "The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)", 1970)
• "Blues in B Flat Minor" (The Vaudeville Years, 1998; previously unreleased instrumental which became vocal track "Before The Beginning", included on Then Play On)
• "Earl Grey" (Kiln House, the early version is known as "Farewell", 1970)
• "What A Shame" (Future Games, was written to fulfill the requested 8-song minimum for the album, 1971)
• "Sunny Side of Heaven" (Bare Trees, 1972)

A Flock of Seagulls

• "D.N.A." (A Flock of Seagulls, 1982)

Flower Travellin' Band

• "Satori, Pt. 3" (Satori, 1971)

Focus

• "Focus" (instrumental version) (Focus Plays Focus, 1970; there was also a vocal version of the same song on this album)
• "House of the King" (US and German releases of Focus Plays Focus)
• "Hocus Pocus" (Focus II, 1971)
• "Le Clochard" (Focus II)
• "Eruption" (Focus II)
• "Sylvia" (Focus 3, 1972)

Foo Fighters

• "Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners" (Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, 2007)

Foreigner

• "Tramontane" (Double Vision, 1978)
• "Street Thunder" (The Official Music of the XXIIIrd Olympiad—Los Angeles 1984, 1984)

Les Fradkin

• "Lift Off" (One Link Between Them, 2008)
• "Orbiter" (One Link Between Them)
• "Canon in D" (Baroque Rocks!, 2009)
• "Vivaldi's Summer" (Baroque Rocks!)
• "Presto Variationi" (Suite for Ztar and Orchestra in G Minor, 2013')

Peter Frampton

• "Nassau" (Frampton, 1975)
• "Penny for Your Thoughts" (Frampton)
• Fingerprints (2006)

Ace Frehley

• "Fractured Mirror" (Ace Frehley, 1978)
• "Fractured Too" (Frehley's Comet, 1987)
• "Fractured III" (Trouble Walkin', 1989)
• "Fractured Quantum" (Anomaly, 2009)

Marty Friedman

• Dragon's Kiss (1988)
• Scenes (1992)
• Introduction (1994)
• True Obsessions (1996)
• Music For Speeding (2002)
• Loudspeaker (2006)

Robert Fripp

Fripp has recorded a number of mostly instrumental works, particularly with Brian Eno and David Sylvian, which are typically regarded as ambient and new-age music.

• "Preface" (Exposure, 1979)
• "Breathless" (Exposure)
• "NY3" (Exposure)
• "Hååden Two" (Exposure)

FromUz

• "13th August" (Overlook, 2008)

Frost*

• "Hyperventilate" (Milliontown, 2006)

Funkadelic

• "Maggot Brain" (Maggot Brain, 1971)

G

Peter Gabriel

• "Start" (Peter Gabriel, 1980)
• Birdy (1985) (portions of the album are instrumental reworkings of previously recorded vocal tracks)
• Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ (1989)
• Long Walk Home: Music from the Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002) (also contains elements from previously recorded vocal tracks)
• The first twelve tracks on Disc 2 of the deluxe edition of New Blood (2011) are instrumental versions of the first twelve tracks on the main album

Galaxie 500

• "Instrumental" (Today, 1988)

Charly García

• "Pubis Angelical" (1982)

Genesis

Genesis performing "Los Endos" in 2007.

Chester Thompson and Phil Collins performing a drum duet.

• "Horizons" (Foxtrot, 1972)
• "After the Ordeal" (Selling England by the Pound, 1973)
• "Hairless Heart" (The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, 1974)
• "The Waiting Room" (The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway)
• "Silent Sorrow in Empty Boats" (The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway)
• "Ravine" (The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway)
• "Los Endos" (A Trick of the Tail, 1976)
• "Wot Gorilla?" (Wind & Wuthering, 1976)
• "Unquiet Slumbers for the Sleepers..." (Wind & Wuthering)
• "...in that Quiet Earth" (Wind & Wuthering)
• "Duke's End" (Duke, 1980)
• "Naminanu" (B-side of "Keep It Dark", 1981)
• "Submarine" (B-side of "Man on the Corner", 1982)
• "The Brazilian" (Invisible Touch, 1986)
• "Do the Neurotic" (B-side of "In Too Deep", 1986)
• "Phret" (B-side of "Shipwrecked", 1997)
• "7/8" (B-side of "Shipwrecked")
• Phil Collins and Chester Thompson drum duets released on Genesis albums:
  • "Drum Duet" (The Way We Walk, Volume Two: The Longs, 1993)
  • "Conversations With 2 Stools" (Live over Europe 2007, 2007)

Gentle Giant

• "The Queen" (Gentle Giant, 1970)
• "Acquiring the Taste" (Acquiring the Taste, 1971)
• "The Boys in the Band" (Octopus, 1972)
• "Talybont" (Free Hand, 1975)

Paul Gilbert

Paul Gilbert.

• "The Jig" (King of Clubs, 1998)
• "The Jam" (King of Clubs)
• "Gilberto Concerto" (Flying Dog, 1998)
• "Let the Computer Decide" (Alligator Farm, 2000)
• "Whole Lotta Sonata" (Alligator Farm)
• "G.V.R.O." (Burning Organ, 2002)
• "Burning Organ" (Burning Organ)
• "Escalator Music" (Gilbert Hotel, 2003)
• "N.F.R.O." (Gilbert Hotel)
• "W.T.R.O." (Gilbert Hotel)
• "Jackhammer" (Space Ship One, 2005)
• "G9" (Space Ship One)
• Get Out of My Yard (2006)
• Silence Followed By A Deafening Roar (2008)
• Fuzz Universe (2010)

Gillan

• "Second Sight" (Mr. Universe, 1979)

David Gilmour

• "Mihalis" (David Gilmour, 1978)
• "Raise My Rent" (David Gilmour)
• "Deafinitely" (David Gilmour)
• "Let's Get Metaphysical" (About Face, 1984)
• "Castellorizon" (On an Island, 2006)
• "Red Sky at Night" (On an Island)
• "Then I Close My Eyes" (On an Island)

Gary Glitter

• "Rock and Roll Part 2" (Glitter, 1972)

God Is an Astronaut

• The End of the Beginning (2002)
• All Is Violent, All Is Bright (2005)
• Far from Refuge (2007)
• God Is an Astronaut (2008)
• Age of the Fifth Sun (2010)

Godsmack

• "Someone in London" (Godsmack, 1998)
• "Vampires" (Awake, 2000)
• "The Oracle" (The Oracle, 2010)

Good Rats

• "Klash-Ka-Bob" (Tasty, 1974)

Gov't Mule

The original lineup of Gov't Mule (shown here performing an acoustic set) regularly performed and recorded instrumentals.

• "Trane" (Gov't Mule, 1995)
• "Dolphineus" (Gov't Mule)
• Live version of "Trane" containing interpolations of: "Third Stone from the Sun", "Eternity's Breath" and "St. Stephen" (Live at Roseland Ballroom, 1996)
• "Kind of Bird" (Live at Roseland Ballroom)
• "Thelonius Beck" (Dose, 1998)
• "Birth of the Mule" (Dose)
• "Devil Likes It Slow" (Live... With a Little Help from Our Friends, 1999)
• "Afro-Blue" (Live... With a Little Help from Our Friends)
• "Third Stone from the Sun" (Live... With a Little Help from Our Friends Collector's Edition, 1999)
• "Pygmy Twylyte" (Live... With a Little Help from Our Friends Collector's Edition)
• "Sco-Mule" (The Deep End, Volume 1, 2001)
• "Sun Dance" (The Deep End, Volume 2, 2002)
• "Babylon Turnpike" (The Deep End, Volume 2)
• "3 String George" (bonus track on High & Mighty, 2006)
• Sco-Mule (2015)

Grails

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

Grand Funk Railroad

• "Flight of the Phoenix" (Phoenix, 1972)
• "Genevieve" (Born to Die, 1976)
• "Mark Say's Alright" (Live Album, 1970)

Grandaddy

• "Egg Hit and Jack Too" (A Pretty Mess by This One Band EP, 1996)
• "Under the Western Freeway" (Under the Western Freeway, 1997)
• "Glassy Dusty" (B-side of "Everything Beautiful is Far Away", 1998)
• "Fentry" (Machines Are Not She EP, 1998)
• "E. Knievel Interlude (The Perils of Keeping It Real)" (The Sophtware Slump, 2000)
• "Spitting Up Blood" (The Windfall Varietal, 2000)

Grateful Dead

• "Weather Report Suite: Prelude" (Wake of the Flood, 1973)
• "Slipknot!" (Blues for Allah, 1975)
• "Sage and Spirit" (Blues for Allah)
• "Serengetti" (Shakedown Street, 1978)
• "Antwerp's Placebo (The Plumber)" (Go to Heaven, 1980)
• "Clementine Jam" (The Golden Road (1965–1973), 2001; later included on Aoxomoxoa reissue, 2003)
• "Nobody's Spoonful Jam" (The Golden Road (1965–1973); later included on Aoxomoxoa reissue)
• "The Eleven Jam" (The Golden Road (1965–1973); later included on Aoxomoxoa reissue)

Green Day

• "Last Ride In" (Nimrod, 1997)
• "Espionage" (Shenanigans, 2002)

The Guess Who

• "969 (The Oldest Man)" (American Woman, 1970)

H

Daryl Hall

• "Urban Landscape" (Sacred Songs, 1980)

Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds

• "Funk-In-Wagnal" (B-side of "Don't Pull Your Love", 1971)

Jan Hammer

• "Miami Vice Theme" (soundtrack to Miami Vice, 1985)
• "Crockett's Theme" (Miami Vice: The Complete Collection, 2002)

HammerFall

• "In Memoriam" (Crimson Thunder, 2002)
• "Raise The Hammer" (Renegade, 2000)
• "Reign Of The Hammer" (Threshold, 2006)
• "Something For The Ages" (No Sacrifice, No Victory, 2009)

Hammock

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

Hardline

• "31-91" (Double Eclipse, 1992)

Jet Harris and Tony Meehan

• "Diamonds" (1963)
• "Scarlett O'Hara" (1963)
• "Applejack" (1963)

George Harrison

• Wonderwall Music (1968)
• Electronic Sound (1969)
• "Out of the Blue" (All Things Must Pass, 1970)
• "Plug Me In" (All Things Must Pass)
• "I Remember Jeep" (All Things Must Pass)
• "Thanks for the Pepperoni" (All Things Must Pass)
• "Hari's on Tour (Express)" (Dark Horse, 1974)
• "A Bit More of You" (Extra Texture (Read All About It), 1975)
• "Greece" (Gone Troppo, 1982)
• "Marwa Blues" (Brainwashed, 2002)
• "Almost Shankara" (bonus track on Wonderwall Music reissue, 2014)

Haste the Day

• "Epitaph" (That They May Know You EP, 2002)
• "Outro" (Burning Bridges, 2004)
• "Eremus" (Pressure the Hinges, 2007)

The Haunted

• "Dark Intentions" (Made Me Do It, 2000)
• "Demon Eyes" (One Kill Wonder, 2003)
• "Privation of Faith Inc." (One Kill Wonder)
• "The Premonition" (The Dead Eye, 2006)

Hawkwind

• "Wind of Change" (Hall of the Mountain Grill, 1974)
• "Hall of the Mountain Grill" (Hall of the Mountain Grill)
• "Goat Willow" (Hall of the Mountain Grill)
• "City of Lagoons" (Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music, 1976)

Heart

• "Sylvan Song" (Little Queen, 1977)
• "Silver Wheels" (Bebe le Strange, 1980)

Hellecasters

• "Sweet Dreams" (The Return of the Hellecasters, 1993)

Helloween

Helloween.

• "Walls of Jericho" (Walls of Jericho, 1985)
• "Initiation" (Keeper of the Seven Keys, Pt. 1, 1987)
• "Invitation" (Keeper of the Seven Keys, Pt. 2, 1988)
• "Les Hambourgeois Walkways" (B-side of "Number One", 1992)
• "Irritation (Weik Editude 112 In C)" (Master of the Rings, 1994)
• "Grapowski's Malmsuite 1001" (Japanese bonus track on Master of the Rings)
• "Deliberately Limited Preliminary Prelude Period in Z" (Better Than Raw, 1998)
• "Beyond The Portal" (The Dark Ride, 2000)
• "Crack the Riddle" (Gambling with the Devil, 2007)

Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix

• "Third Stone from the Sun" (Are You Experienced, 1967)
• "Hush Now" (Get That Feeling, 1967)
• "Star Spangled Banner" (Woodstock: Music from the Original Soundtrack and More, 1970)
• "Jam Back at the House" (Woodstock 2, 1971)
• "Pali Gap" (Rainbow Bridge, 1971)
• "Beginnings" (War Heroes, 1972)
• "Tax Free" (War Heroes)
• "Midnight" (War Heroes)
• "Peter Gunn Catastrophe" (War Heroes)
• "Jam 292" (Loose Ends, 1974)
• "Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland)" (Loose Ends)
• "Peace in Mississippi" (Crash Landing, 1975)
• "Captain Coconut" (Crash Landing)
• "Drivin' South" (Radio One, 1988)
• "Villanova Junction" (Woodstock, 1994)
• "Born Under a Bad Sign" (Blues, 1994)
• "New Rising Sun" (Voodoo Soup, 1995)
• "Lullaby for the Summer" (Valleys of Neptune, 2010)
• "Sunshine of Your Love" (Valleys of Neptune)
• "Bolero" (West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology, 2010)

Gary Hoey

Most of Hoey's recordings are instrumentals.

Allan Holdsworth

• "Three Sheets to the Wind" (Road Games EP, 1983)
• "Water on the Brain Pt. II" (Road Games)
• "Tokyo Dream" (Road Games)

Nicky Hopkins

• "Edward" (The Tin Man Was A Dreamer, 1973)
• with Ry Cooder, Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman:
  • "Edward's Thrump Up" (Jamming with Edward!, 1972)
  • "Highland Fling" (Jamming with Edward!)

The Housemartins

• "Pirate Aggro" (The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death, 1987)

Huey Lewis and the News

• "Small World Pt. 2" (Small World, 1988)
• "Slammin'" (Small World)

The Huntingtons

• "Pencil Neck" (High School Rock, 1998)

I

In Flames

In Flames.

• "Dreamscape" (Lunar Strain, 1994)
• "Hårgalåten" (Lunar Strain)
• "Timeless" (Subterranean EP, 1995)
• "The Jester's Dance" (The Jester Race, 1996)
• "Wayfaerer" (The Jester Race)
• "Dialogue With the Stars" (Whoracle, 1997)
• "Pallar Anders Visa" (Colony, 1999)
• "Man Made God" (bonus track on Colony reissue, 2004)

Incubus

• "Battlestar Scralatchtica" (Make Yourself, 1999)

INXS

• "Three Sisters" (Listen Like Thieves, 1985)

Iron Maiden

• "Transylvania" (Iron Maiden, 1980)
• "The Ides of March" (Killers, 1981)
• "Genghis Khan" (Killers)
• "Losfer Words (Big 'Orra)" (Powerslave, 1984)

It's a Beautiful Day

• "Bombay Calling" (It's a Beautiful Day, 1969)

J

Jacobs Dream

• "Black Watch" (Jacobs Dream, 2000)
• "De Machina Est Deo" (Theater of War, 2001)
• "Pachelbel's Canon in D" (Drama of the Ages, 2005)

James Gang

• "Wrapcity in English" (Yer' Album, 1969)
• "Asshton Park" (James Gang Rides Again, 1970)
• "The Bomber: Boléro" (James Gang Rides Again)
• "The Bomber: Cast Your Fate to the Wind" (James Gang Rides Again)
• "Yadig" (Thirds, 1971)

The Jam

• Circus (The Gift, 1982)

Japan

• "The Tenant" (Obscure Alternatives, 1978)
• "The Width of a Room" (Gentlemen Take Polaroids, 1980)
• "The Experience of Swimming" (Gentlemen Take Polaroids)
• "A Foreign Place" (B-side of "Quiet Life", 1981)
• "Canton" (Tin Drum, 1981)
• "Oil on Canvas" (Oil on Canvas, 1983)
• "Voices Raised in Welcome, Hands Held in Prayer" (Oil on Canvas)
• "Temple of Dawn" (Oil on Canvas)

Jazz Is Dead

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

The Jeff Healey Band

• "Hide Away" (See the Light, 1988)
• "Shapes of Things" (Cover to Cover, 1995)

Jefferson Airplane

• "Embryonic Journey" (Surrealistic Pillow, 1967)
• "Spare Chaynge" (After Bathing at Baxter's, 1967)

Jethro Tull

• "Cat's Squirrel" (This Was, 1968)
• "Dharma for One" (This Was)
• "Serenade to a Cuckoo" (This Was)
• "Bourée" (Stand Up, 1969)
• "For Later" (Life Is a Long Song EP, 1971/Living in the Past, 1972)
• "By Kind Permission Of" (Living in the Past)
• "Warm Sporran" (Stormwatch, 1979)
• "Elegy" (Stormwatch)
• "The Pine Marten's Jig" (A, 1980)
• "Pan Dance" (20 Years of Jethro Tull box set, 1988)

Billy Joel

• "Nocturne" (Cold Spring Harbor, 1971)
• "Root Beer Rag" (Streetlife Serenade, 1974)
• "The Mexican Connection" (Streetlife Serenade)

John Butler Trio

• "Ocean" (John Butler, 1998)

John Dummer Band

• "Nine By Nine" (1970)

Elton John

• "Funeral For a Friend" (Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, 1973)
• "Your Starter for..." (Blue Moves, 1976)
• "Theme from a Non-Existent TV Series" (Blue Moves)

Eric Johnson

• "Zap" (Tones, 1986)
• "Ah Via Musicom" (Ah Via Musicom, 1990)
• "Cliffs of Dover" (Ah Via Musicom)
• "Steve's Boogie" (Ah Via Musicom)
• "Trademark" (Ah Via Musicom)
• "Song for George" (Ah Via Musicom)
• "Righteous" (Ah Via Musicom)
• "East Wes" (Ah Via Musicom)
• "S.R.V." (Venus Isle, 1996)
• "Pavilion" (Venus Isle)

Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

• "Very Rare" (Orange, 1993)

Janis Joplin

• "Buried Alive in the Blues" (Pearl, 1971)

Bradley Joseph

• Hear the Masses (1994)

Journey

• "Kohoutek" (Journey, 1975)
• "Topaz" (Journey)
• "Nickel and Dime" (Next, 1977)
• "Majestic" (Evolution, 1979)
• "Departure" (Departure, 1980)
• "Snow Theme" (Dream, After Dream, 1980)
• "A Few Coins" (Dream, After Dream)
• "Moon Theme" (Dream, After Dream)
• "When the Love Has Gone" (Dream, After Dream)
• "Festival Dance" (Dream, After Dream)
• "The Rape" (Dream, After Dream)
• "1990s Theme" (soundtrack to Tron, 1982)
• "Cookie Duster" (Time3 box set, 1992)
• "Into Your Arms" (Time3)
• "With a Tear" (Time3)
• "The Journey (Revelation)" (Revelation, 2008)
• "Venus" (Eclipse, 2011)

Judas Priest

• "Caviar and Meths" (Rocka Rolla, 1974)
• "Prelude" (Sad Wings of Destiny, 1976)
• "The Hellion" (Screaming for Vengeance, 1982)
• "Battle Hymn" (Painkiller, 1990)
• "Dawn of Creation" (Nostradamus, 2008)
• "Solitude" (Nostradamus)

K

Kansas

• "The Spider" (Point of Know Return, 1977)

Karate

• "Wake Up, Decide" (In Place of Real Insight, 1997)

Karnataka

• "Karnataka" (Delicate Flame of Desire, 2003)

Karnivool

• "Scarabs" (Themata, 2005)
• "Aum" (Asymmetry, 2013)
• "Asymmetry" (Asymmetry)
• "Amusia" (Asymmetry)

Kasabian

• "Ovary Stripe" (Kasabian, 2004)
• "Swarfiga" (West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum, 2009)

Katatonia

• "Instrumental" (Discouraged Ones, 1998)

Kiln

• Ampday (2000)

King Crimson

• "Groon" (B-side of "Cat Food", 1970)
• "Peace - A Theme" (In the Wake of Poseidon, 1970)
• "The Devil's Triangle" (In the Wake of Poseidon, 1970)
• "Larks' Tongues in Aspic":
  • Part I (Larks' Tongues in Aspic, 1973)
  • Part II (Larks' Tongues in Aspic)
  • Part III (Three of a Perfect Pair, 1984)
  • Part IV (The ConstruKction of Light, 2000)
• "The Talking Drum" (Larks' Tongues in Aspic)
• "Starless and Bible Black" (Starless and Bible Black, 1974)
• "Fracture" (Starless and Bible Black)
• "Trio" (Starless and Bible Black)
• "We'll Let You Know" (Starless and Bible Black)
• "Red" (Red, 1974)
• "Providence" (Red)
• "Asbury Park" (USA, 1975)
• "The Sheltering Sky" (Discipline, 1981)
• "Discipline" (Discipline)
• "Sartori In Tangiers" (Beat, 1982)
• "Requiem" (Beat)
• "Industry" (Three of a Perfect Pair)
• "VROOOM" (THRAK, 1995)
• "The ConstruKction of Light: Part 1" (The ConstruKction of Light)
• "FraKctured" (The ConstruKction of Light)
• "Heaven and Earth" (recording by ProjeKct X, bonus track on The ConstruKction of Light)
• "Level Five" (The Power to Believe, 2003)
• "Elektrik" (The Power to Believe)
• "Dangerous Curves" (The Power to Believe)

King James

• "Sunset in Rio" (King James, 1994)

Kiss

• "Love theme from Kiss" (Kiss, 1974)
• "Escape from the Island" (Music from "The Elder", 1981)
• "Carr Jam 1981" (Revenge, 1992)

Mark Knopfler

• "Wild Theme" (soundtrack to Local Hero, 1983)
• "The Mist Covered Mountains" (Local Hero)
• "Smooching' (Local Hero)
• "Going Home: Theme of the Local Hero" (Local Hero)
• "Irish Love" (soundtrack to Cal, 1984)
• "The Long Road" (Cal)

Kyuss

Kyuss.

• "Molten Universe" (Blues for the Red Sun, 1992)
• "Apothecaries' Weight" (Blues for the Red Sun)
• "Caterpillar March" (Blues for the Red Sun)
• "800" (Blues for the Red Sun)
• "Capsized" (Blues for the Red Sun)
• "Asteroid" (Welcome to Sky Valley, 1994)
• "Thee Ol' Boozeroony" (...And the Circus Leaves Town, 1995)
• "Jumbo Blimp Jumbo" (...And the Circus Leaves Town)

L

Lacuna Coil

• "Un Fantasma Tra Noi (A Ghost Between Us)" (Lacuna Coil (EP), 1998)
• "You Create" (Karmacode, 2006)

Laika & the Cosmonauts

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

Lamb of God

• "The Passing" (Wrath, 2009)
• "Barbarosa" (Resolution, 2012)

Led Zeppelin

• "Black Mountain Side" (Led Zeppelin, 1969)
• "Moby Dick" (Led Zeppelin II, 1969)
• "Bron-Yr-Aur" (Physical Graffiti, 1975)
• "Bonzo's Montreux" (Coda, 1982)
• "White Summer" (Led Zeppelin Boxed Set, 1990)
• "LA Drone" (How the West Was Won, 2003)
• "La La" (Deluxe Edition reissue of Led Zeppelin II, 2014)
• "10 Ribs & All/Carrot Pod Pod" (Deluxe Edition reissue of Presence, 2015)
• "St. Tristan's Sword" (Deluxe Edition reissue of Coda, 2015)

John Lennon

• "Beef Jerky" (Walls and Bridges, 1974)

Tony Levin

Most of Levin's solo recordings are instrumentals. Notable exceptions are "L'Abito della Sposa" from Double Espresso (2002), most of Resonator (2006) and some of its followup, Stick Man (2007).

Linkin Park

Linkin Park.

• "Technique (Short)" (Hybrid Theory EP, 1999)
• "Ambient" (Hybrid Theory EP)
• "Cure for the Itch" (Hybrid Theory, 2000)
• "Opening" (Reanimation, 2002)
• "Ntr/Mssion" (Reanimation)
• "Kyur4 th Ich" (Reanimation)
• "A.06" (Underground V2.0, 2002)
• "Foreword" (Meteora, 2003)
• "Session" (Meteora)
• "Sold My Soul To Yo Mama" (Underground 4.0, 2004)
• "Wake" (Minutes to Midnight, 2007)
• "Lockjaw" (fan club single, 2008)
• "Empty Spaces" (A Thousand Suns, 2010)
• "Issho Ni" (Download to Donate: Tsunami Relief, 2011)
• "Tinfoil" (Living Things, 2012)
• "The Summoning" (The Hunting Party, 2014)
• (with Tom Morello) "Drawbar" (The Hunting Party)

Liquid Tension Experiment

• Liquid Tension Experiment (1998)
• Liquid Tension Experiment 2 (1999)

Little Feat

• "Lafayette Railroad" (Dixie Chicken, 1973)

Los Lobos

• "Buddy Ebsen Loves the Night Time" (Colossal Head, 1996)
• "Do the Murray" (Tin Can Trust, 2010)

The Lovin' Spoonful

• "Lonely (Amy's Theme)" (soundtrack to You're a Big Boy Now, 1967)

Nick Lowe

• "Shake That Rat" (Bowi EP, 1977)

Luca Turilli

• "Zaephyr Skies' Theme" (Prophet of the Last Eclipse, 2002)
• "Caprice in A Minor" (bonus track on Prophet of the Last Eclipse)
• "Autumn's Last Whisper" (bonus track on Prophet of the Last Eclipse)

Steve Lukather

• "Party in Simon's Pants" (Candyman, 1994)
• "Froth" (Candyman)
• "Song for Jeff" (Candyman)
• "The Pump" (Luke, 1997)

M

Machine Head

• "Enter the Phoenix" (The Burning Red, 1999)
• "Declaration" (Supercharger, 2001)
• "Brown Acid" (Supercharger)

Lonnie Mack

• "Wham" (The Wham of that Memphis Man, 1964)

Madness

• "The Return of the Los Palmas 7" (Absolutely, 1980)

Yngwie Malmsteen

Yngwie Malmsteen.

• "Black Star" (Rising Force, 1984)
• "Far Beyond the Sun" (Rising Force)
• "Evil Eye" (Rising Force)
• "Icarus' Dream Suite Op. 4" (Rising Force)
• "Little Savage" (Rising Force)
• "Farewell" (Rising Force)
• "Overture 1383" (Marching Out, 1985)
• "Marching Out" (Marching Out)
• "Crying" (Trilogy, 1986)
• "Trilogy Suite Op. 5" (Trilogy)
• "Bite the Bullet" (Odyssey, 1988)
• "Krakatau" (Odyssey)
• "Eclipse" (Eclipse, 1990)
• "Perpetual" (Fire and Ice, 1992)
• "Leviathan" (Fire and Ice)
• "Brothers" (The Seventh Sign, 1994)
• "Power and Glory" (I Can't Wait EP, 1994)
• "Overture 1622" (Magnum Opus, 1995)
• "Amberdawn" (Magnum Opus)
• "Air on a Theme " (Facing the Animal, 1997)
• Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra (1998)
• "Blitzkrieg" (Alchemy, 1999)
• "Blue" (Alchemy)
• "Asylum" (Alchemy)
• "Molto Arpeggiosa" (War to End All Wars, 2000)
• "Preludium" (War to End All Wars)
• "Instrumental Institution" (War to End All Wars)
• "Baroque 'n Roll" (Attack!!, 2002)
• "Fuguetta" (Unleash the Fury, 2005)
• "Guardian Angel" (Unleash the Fury)
• "Magic and Mayhem" (Unleash the Fury)
• "Caprici di Diablo" (Perpetual Flame, 2008)
• "Lament" (Perpetual Flame)
• "Heavy Heart" (Perpetual Flame)
• Angels of Love (2009)
• "Overture" (Relentless, 2010)
• "Shot Across the Bow" (Relentless)
• "Relentless" (Relentless)
• "Knight of the Vasa Order" (Relentless)
• "Into Valhalla" (Relentless)
• "Adagio B Flat Minor Variation" (Relentless)
• "Cross to Bear" (Relentless)
• "Arpeggios from Hell" (Relentless)
• Spellbound (2012) except for "Repent", "Let Sleeping Dogs Lie", "Poisoned Minds"

Man

• "The Storm" (2 Ozs of Plastic with a Hole in the Middle, 1969)
• "Parchment and Candles" (2 Ozs of Plastic with a Hole in the Middle)
• "Would The Christians Wait Five Minutes? The Lions Are Having A Draw" (Man, 1971)
• "Keep on Crinting" (Be Good to Yourself at Least Once a Day, 1972)
• "Never say Nups to Nepalese" (Back into the Future, 1973)
• "Intro" (Rhinos, Winos and Lunatics, 1974)
• "Exit" (Rhinos, Winos and Lunatics)

Manfred Mann's Earth Band

• "Tribute" (Manfred Mann's Earth Band, 1973)
• "Cloudy Eyes" (UK release Messin'/US release Get Your Rocks Off, 1973)
• "Sadjoy" (Messin'/Get Your Rocks Off)
• "Pluto the Dog" (Solar Fire, 1974)
• "Countdown" (Nightingales & Bombers, 1975)
• "As Above, So Below" (Nightingales & Bombers)
• "Fritz the Blank" (Chance, 1980)

Manowar

• "William's Tale" (Battle Hymns, 1982)
• "Black Arrows" (Hail to England, 1984)
• "Thunderpick" (Sign of the Hammer, 1984)

Man Raze

• "Dog Bite" (PunkFunkRootsRock, 2011)

The Marshall Tucker Band

• "Long Hard Ride" (Long Hard Ride, 1976)

Hank Marvin

• Hank Marvin (1969)
• Hank Marvin Guitar Syndicate (1977)
• "All Alone With Friends" (All Alone With Friends, 1983)
• Into the Light (1992)
• Heartbeat (1993)
• Hank Plays Cliff (1995)
• Hank Plays Holly (1996)
• Guitar Player (2002)
• Guitar Man (2007)

Tak Matsumoto

• "Little Wing" (live-only)

May Blitz

• "8 Mad Grim Nits" (2nd of May, 1971)

John Mayall (& the Bluesbreakers)

• "Hideaway" (Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton, 1966)
• "Steppin' Out" (Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton)
• "The Supernatural" (A Hard Road, 1967)
• "Driving Sideways" (Crusade, 1967)
• "Curly" (Thru the Years, 1969)
• "Greeny" (Thru the Years)
• "Knockers Step Forward" (Thru the Years)
• "Blues City Shakedown" (Looking Back, 1969)

McAuley Schenker Group

• "There Has To Be Another Way" (Save Yourself, 1989)
• "Perrier" ("Unplugged" Live, 1992)

Paul McCartney (and Wings)

• "Valentine Day" (McCartney, 1970)
• "Hot as Sun/Glasses" (McCartney)
• "Momma Miss America" (McCartney)
• "Singalong Junk" (McCartney)
• "Kreen-Akrore" (McCartney)
• "Give Ireland Back to the Irish (Instrumental Version)" (B-side of "Give Ireland Back to the Irish", 1972)
• "Loup (1st Indian on the Moon)" (Red Rose Speedway, 1973)
• "Zoo Gang" (UK B-side of "Band on the Run", 1974)
• (as "The Country Hams") "Walking in the Park with Eloise"/"Bridge on the River Suite" (1974)
• "Rockestra Theme" (Back to the Egg, 1979)
• "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reggae" (B-side of "Wonderful Christmastime", 1979)
• "Lunch Box/Odd Sox" (B-side of "Coming Up", 1980)

Meat Puppets

• "Aurora Borealis" (Meat Puppets II, 1984)
• "I'm a Mindless Idiot" (Meat Puppets II)

Megadeth

• "Into the Lungs of Hell" (So Far, So Good... So What!, 1988)
• "Duke Nukem Theme" (Japanese bonus track on Risk, 1999)
• "Silent Scorn" (The World Needs a Hero, 2001)
• "Absolution" (bonus track on Youthanasia reissue, 2004)
• "Dialectic Chaos" (Endgame, 2009)
• "Conquer or Die" (Dystopia, 2016)

Mercyful Fate

• "To One Far Away" (Don't Break the Oath, 1984)

Meshuggah

• "Acrid Placidity" (Destroy Erase Improve, 1995)
• "Unanything" (Japanese bonus track on Chaosphere, 1998)

Metal Church

• "Merciless Onslaught" (Metal Church, 1984)

Metallica

• "(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth" (Kill 'Em All, 1983)
• "The Call of Ktulu" (Ride the Lightning, 1984)
• "Orion" (Master of Puppets, 1986)
• "To Live Is to Die" (...And Justice for All, 1988)
• "The Ecstasy of Gold" (S&M, 1999)
• "I Disappear (Instrumental)" (B-side of "I Disappear", 2000)
• "Suicide & Redemption" (Death Magnetic, 2008)

Michael Schenker Group

• "Bijou Pleasurette" (The Michael Schenker Group, 1980)
• "Into the Arena" (The Michael Schenker Group)
• "Courvoisier Concerto" (One Night at Budokan, 1982)
• "Ulcer" (Assault Attack, 1982)
• "Captain Nemo" (Built to Destroy, 1983)

Mogwai

Most, if not all, of Mogwai's recordings are instrumentals.

Mogwai.

• "Summer"/"Ithica 27 ϕ 9" (1996)
• "New Paths to Helicon, Parts 1 and 2" (1997)
• "Superheroes of BMX" (4 Satin EP, 1997)
• "Like Herod" (Mogwai Young Team, 1997)
• "Radar Maker" (Mogwai Young Team)
• "With Portfolio" (Mogwai Young Team)
• "Mogwai Fear Satan" (Mogwai Young Team)
• "Chocky" (Come On Die Young, 1999)
• "Christmas Steps" (Come On Die Young)
• "Hunted By A Freak" (Happy Songs for Happy People, 2003)

Mono

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

Montrose

• "Starliner" (Paper Money, 1974)

Gary Moore

• "The Loner" (Wild Frontier, 1987)

Vinnie Moore

Most, if not all, of Moore's recordings are instrumentals.

Morphine

• "Dawna" (Cure for Pain, 1993)
• "Miles Davis' Funeral" (Cure for Pain)

Van Morrison

• "Scandinavia" (Beautiful Vision, 1982)

Mötley Crüe

• "God Bless the Children of the Beast" (Shout at the Devil, 1983)

Motörhead

• "Instro" (Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers EP, 1980)

Moody Blues

• "The Voyage" (On the Threshold of a Dream, 1968)
• "Beyond" (To Our Children's Children's Children, 1969)
• "Procession" (Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, 1971)
• "Hole in the World" (The Present, 1983) intro to Under My Feet

Mountain

• "Taunta (Sammy's Tune)" (Nantucket Sleighride, 1971)
• "King's Chorale" (Flowers of Evil, 1971)

Muse

Muse.

• "Minimum" (B-side of "Muscle Museum", 1999)
• "Nishe" (B-side of "Unintended", 2000)
• "Bedroom Acoustics" (B-side of "Plug In Baby", 2001)
• "Piano Thing" (B-side of "New Born", 2001)
• "The Gallery" (B-side of "Bliss", 2001)
• "Intro" (Absolution, 2003)
• "Interlude" (Absolution, 2003)
• "Man Of Mystery" (The Supermassive Selection, 2007)
• "Popcorn" (B-side to "Resistance", 2009)
• "Prelude" (The 2nd Law, 2012)
• "The 2nd Law - Isolated System" (The 2nd Law)
• The following tracks as originally recorded featured vocals, but were mostly performed live as instrumentals:
  • "Forced In" (B-side of "Uno", 1999)
  • "Execution Commentary" (B-side of "Plug In Baby")
• The following tracks are live bass/drum jams, normally referred to as "Drum & Bass" on the band's setlists:
  • "Helsinki Jam"
  • "MK Jam"
  • "Osaka Jam"
  • " Monty Jam"
  • " Munich Jam"

N

Narnia

• "The Return of Aslan" (Awakening, 1998)
• "Gates of Cair Paravel" (Long Live the King, 1999)
• "Shadowlands" (Long Live the King)
• "The Light at the End of the Tunnel" (Desert Land, 2001)
• "Misty Morning" (Desert Land)
• "Ground Zero" (The Great Fall, 2003)
• "Desert Land" (The Great Fall)
• "Hymn to the North" (Japanese bonus track on Enter the Gate, 2006)

Nazareth

• "Rose in the Heather" (Hair of the Dog, 1975)
• "Vicki" (Close Enough for Rock 'n' Roll, 1976)

Neutral Milk Hotel

• "Marching Theme" (On Avery Island, 1996)
• "Avery Island/April 1st" (On Avery Island)
• "Pree-Sisters Swallowing a Donkey's Eye" (On Avery Island)
• "The Fool" (In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, 1998)
• "Untitled" (In the Aeroplane Over the Sea)

The Nice

• "Rondo" (The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack, 1967)
• "America" (1968)

Nightwish

• "Moondance" (Oceanborn, 1998)
• "Last of the Wilds" (Dark Passion Play, 2007)
• "Imaginaerum" (Imaginaerum, 2011)

Nine Inch Nails

Nine Inch Nails.

• "You Know Who You Are" (Head Like A Hole, 1990)
• "Pinion" (Broken EP, 1992)
• "Help Me I Am In Hell" (Broken)
• "A Violet Fluid" (March Of The Pigs, 1994)
• "A Warm Place" (The Downward Spiral, 1994)
• "March of the Fuckheads" (Closer to God, 1994)
• "At The Heart Of It All" (Further Down the Spiral, 1995)
• "The Beauty of Being Numb" (Further Down the Spiral)
• "Erased, Over, Out" (Further Down the Spiral)
• Quake (soundtrack for video game, 1996)
• "The Frail" (The Fragile, 1999)
• "Just Like You Imagined" (The Fragile)
• "Pilgrimage" (The Fragile)
• "La Mer" (The Fragile)
• "The Mark Has Been Made" (The Fragile)
• "Complication" (The Fragile)
• "Ripe (With Decay)" (The Fragile)
• "Adrift and at Peace" (Still, 2002)
• "Gone, Still" (Still)
• "The Persistence Of Loss" (Still)
• "Leaving Hope" (Still)
• "Hyperpower!" (Year Zero, 2007)
• "Another Version Of The Truth" (Year Zero)
• Ghosts I–IV (2008)
• "999,999" (The Slip, 2008)
• "Corona Radiata" (The Slip)
• "The Four of Us Are Dying" (The Slip)
• "Theme For Tetsuo: The Bullet Man" (Tetsuo: The Bullet Man soundtrack, 2010)
• "The Eater of Dreams" (Hesitation Marks, 2013)
• "Black Noise" (Hesitation Marks)

Nirvana

• "Grey Goose" (With the Lights Out box set, 2004)

NOFX

• "Flossing a Dead Horse" (So Long and Thanks for All the Shoes, 1997)

Ted Nugent

• "Home Bound" (Cat Scratch Fever, 1977)
• "Hibernation" (Double Live Gonzo!, 1978)
• "Earthtones" (Craveman, 2002)
• "Sunrize" (Hunt Music, 2004)

O

Oasis

• "The Swamp Song" (B-side of "Wonderwall", 1995)
• "All Around the World (Reprise)" (Be Here Now, 1997)
• "A Quick Peep" (Heathen Chemistry, 2002)
• "The Cage" (hidden track on Heathen Chemistry)

Opeth

Opeth.

• "Requiem" (Orchid, 1995)
• "Prologue" (My Arms, Your Hearse, 1998)
• "Madrigal" (My Arms, Your Hearse)
• "Epilogue" (My Arms, Your Hearse)
• "Patterns in the Ivy" (Blackwater Park, 2001)
• "For Absent Friends" (Deliverance, 2002)
• "Ending Credits" (Damnation, 2003)
• "Heritage" (Heritage, 2011)
• "Marrow of the Earth" (Heritage)
• "Goblin" (Pale Communion, 2014)

Orphaned Land

• "Takasim" (El Norra Alila, 1996)
• "Joy" (El Norra Alila)
• "The Calm Before the Flood" (Mabool, 2004)
• "Rainbow (The Resurrection)" (Mabool)

Ozzy Osbourne

• "Dee" (Blizzard Of Ozz, 1980)

Shuggie Otis

• "The Hawks" (Here Comes Shuggie Otis, 1970)

The Outlaws

• "Waterhole" (Outlaws, 1975)

Ozma

• "Korobeiniki" (The Doubble Donkey Disc, 2001)

P

The Pack A.D.

• "Hardtack Saloon #1" (Tintype, 2007)
• "Hardtack Saloon #3" (Tintype)
• "Hardtack Saloon #2" (Tintype)

Pagan's Mind

• "Prelude to Paganism" (Infinity Divine, 2000)
• "Approaching" (Celestial Entrance, 2002)
• "Back to the Magic of Childhood, Part 1: Conception" (Celestial Entrance)
• "Back to the Magic of Childhood, Part 2: Exploring Life" (Celestial Entrance)
• "Coming Home" (Enigmatic: Calling, 2005)
• "Appearance" (Enigmatic: Calling)
• "The Conception" (God's Equation, 2007)
• "Farewell" (God's Equation)
• "Contact" (Heavenly Ecstasy, 2011)

Jimmy Page

• "Writes of Winter" (Outrider, 1988)
• "Liquid Mercury" (Outrider)
• "Emerald Eyes" (Outrider)

Paradise Lost

• "Languish" (Japanese bonus track on Host, 1999)

Particle

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

Pavement

• "5-4=Unity" (Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, 1994)

Pell Mell

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

Petra

• "Visions (Doxology)" (Not of this World, 1983)
• "John's Solo/Jesus Loves You/The Race" (Captured in Time and Space, 1986)
• "Bob's Solo" (Captured in Time and Space)
• "Louie's Solo" (Captured in Time and Space)

John Petrucci

• Suspended Animation (2005)

Liz Phair

• "Instrumental" (bonus track on Exile in Guyville reissue, 2008)

Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd in 1973 (top) and 2005 (above).

• "Pow R. Toc H." (The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, 1967)
• "Interstellar Overdrive" (The Piper at the Gates of Dawn)
• "A Saucerful of Secrets" (A Saucerful of Secrets, 1968)
• "Careful with That Axe, Eugene" (single b-side, 1968)
• "Up the Khyber" (Soundtrack from the Film More, 1969)
• "Party Sequence" (Soundtrack from the Film More)
• "Main Theme" (Soundtrack from the Film More)
• "More Blues" (Soundtrack from the Film More)
• "Quicksilver" (Soundtrack from the Film More)
• "A Spanish Piece" (Soundtrack from the Film More)
• "Dramatic Theme" (Soundtrack from the Film More)
• "Sysyphus (Parts I-IV)" (Ummagumma, 1969)
• "Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict" (Ummagumma)
• "The Grand Vizier's Garden Party (Parts I-III)" (Ummagumma)
• "Heart Beat, Pig Meat" (Zabriskie Point, 1970)
• "Come in Number 51, Your Time Is Up" (Zabriskie Point)
• "Atom Heart Mother" (Atom Heart Mother, 1970)
• "Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast" (Atom Heart Mother)
• "One of These Days" (Meddle, 1971)
• "Obscured by Clouds" (Obscured by Clouds, 1972)
• "When You're In" (Obscured by Clouds)
• "Mudmen" (Obscured by Clouds)
• "Absolutely Curtains" (Obscured by Clouds)
• "Speak to Me" (The Dark Side of the Moon, 1973)
• "On the Run" (Dark Side of the Moon)
• "The Great Gig in the Sky" (Dark Side of the Moon)
• "Any Colour You Like" (Dark Side of the Moon)
• "Shine On You Crazy Diamond pts. I, II, III, V, VI, VIII, IX" (Wish You Were Here, 1975)
• "Signs of Life" (A Momentary Lapse of Reason, 1987)
• "Round and Around" (A Momentary Lapse of Reason)
• "Terminal Frost" (A Momentary Lapse of Reason)
• "Nick's Boogie" (Tonite Let's All Make Love in London...Plus, 1990)
• "Cluster One" (The Division Bell, 1994)
• "Marooned" (The Division Bell)
• "Soundscape" (Pulse cassette edition, 1995)
• "Unknown Song" (bonus track on Zabriskie Point reissue, 1997)
• "Love Scene (Version 6)" (bonus track on Zabriskie Point reissue)
• "Love Scene (Version 4)" (bonus track on Zabriskie Point reissue)
• "The Last Few Bricks" (Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980–81, 2000)
• "The Hard Way" (Dark Side of the Moon Immersion edition, 2011)
• "The Travel Sequence" (Dark Side of the Moon Immersion edition)
• "Wine Glasses" (Wish You Were Here Experience and Immersion editions, 2011)
• The Endless River (2014) except "Louder than Words"

Pivot

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

Pixies

• "Cecilia Ann" (Bossanova, 1990)
• "Velvety (Instrumental Version)" (Dig for Fire, 1990)

Placebo

• "Swallow" (Placebo, 1996)
• "Hong Kong Farewell" (hidden track on selected pressings of original release of Placebo, also bonus track on 2006 reissue)
• "Evil Dildo" (Without You I'm Nothing, 1998)
• "Bulletproof Cupid" (Sleeping with Ghosts, 2003)

Chris Poland

• Return to Metalopolis (1990)

The Police

• "Reggatta de Blanc" (Reggatta de Blanc, 1979)
• "Behind My Camel" (Zenyatta Mondatta, 1980)
• "The Other Way of Stopping" (Zenyatta Mondatta)
• "How Stupid Mister Bates" (soundtrack to Brimstone and Treacle, 1982)
• "A Kind of Loving" (Brimstone and Treacle)
• "Shambelle" (Message in a Box: The Complete Recordings box set, 1993)
• "Flexible Strategies" (Message in a Box: The Complete Recordings)

Porcupine Tree

Porcupine Tree.

• "Up the Downstair" (Up the Downstair, 1993)
• "Not Beautiful Anymore" (Up the Downstair)
• "Burning Sky" (Up the Downstair)
• "Tinto Brass" (Stupid Dream, 1999)
• "Wedding Nails" (In Absentia, 2002)
• "Mother and Child Divided" (DVD-Audio release of Deadwing, 2005)
• "Nil Recurring" (Nil Recurring EP, 2007)
• "The Incident: Occam's Razor" (The Incident, 2009)
• "The Incident: The Yellow Windows of the Evening Train" (The Incident)
• "The Incident: Degree Zero of Liberty" (The Incident)
• "The Incident: Circle of Manias" (The Incident)

Premiata Forneria Marconi

• "Generale!" (Per un amico, 1972)

Pretenders

• "Space Invader" (Pretenders, 1980)

The Pretty Things

• "Theme For Michelle" (Savage Eye, 1976)

Procol Harum

• "Repent Walpurgis" (Procol Harum, 1967)

Q

Queen

Queen in 1984.

• "Seven Seas of Rhye" (Queen, 1973)
• "Procession" (Queen II, 1974)
• "God Save the Queen" (A Night at the Opera, 1975)
• "In the Space Capsule (The Love Theme)" (soundtrack to Flash Gordon, 1980)
• "Ming's Theme (In the Court of Ming the Merciless)" (Flash Gordon)
• "The Ring (Hypnotic Seduction of Dale)" (Flash Gordon)
• "Football Fight" (Flash Gordon)
• "In the Death Cell (Love Theme Reprise)" (Flash Gordon)
• "Execution of Flash" (Flash Gordon)
• "The Kiss (Aura Resurrects Flash)" (Flash Gordon)
• "Arboria (Planet of the Tree Men)" (Flash Gordon)
• "Escape from the Swamp" (Flash Gordon)
• "Flash to the Rescue" (Flash Gordon)
• "Vultan's Theme (Attack of the Hawk Men)" (Flash Gordon)
• "Battle Theme" (Flash Gordon)
• "The Wedding March" ("Bridal Chorus") (Flash Gordon)
• "Marriage of Dale and Ming (And Flash Approaching)" (Flash Gordon)
• "Crash Dive on Mingo City" (Flash Gordon)
• "Flash's Theme Reprise (Victory Celebrations)" (Flash Gordon)
• "A Dozen Red Roses for My Darling" (B-side of "A Kind of Magic", 1986)
• "Forever" (A Kind of Magic)
• "Chinese Torture" (The Miracle, 1989)
• "Bicycle Race (Instrumental)" (bonus track on Jazz reissue, 2011)

Queens of the Stone Age

• "Spiders and Vinegaroons" (Kyuss/Queens of the Stone Age EP, 1997)
• "These Aren't the Droids You're Looking For" (The Split CD EP, 1998)
• "Lightning Song" (Rated R, 2000)

Queensrÿche

• "Anarchy-X" (Operation: Mindcrime, 1988)
• "Waiting For 22" (Operation: Mindcrime)
• "9:28 a.m." (Promised Land, 1994)
• "Freiheit Ouvertüre" (Operation: Mindcrime II, 2006)

Quicksilver Messenger Service

• "Gold and Silver" (Quicksilver Messenger Service, 1968)
• "Maiden of the Cancer Moon" (Happy Trails, 1969)
• "Calvary" (Happy Trails)
• "Edward, the Mad Shirt Grinder" (Shady Grove, 1969)
• "Cobra" (Just for Love, 1970)
• "Local Color" (What About Me, 1970)

Quiet Riot

• "Laughing Gas" (Randy Rhoads guitar solo)
• "Battle Axe" (Metal Health, 1983)

R

Racer X

• "Frenzy" (Street Lethal, 1986)
• "Y.R.O." (Street Lethal)
• "Scarified" (Second Heat, 1987)
• "Technical Difficulties" (Technical Difficulties, 1999)
• "B.R.O." (Technical Difficulties)
• "King of the Monsters" (Superheroes, 2000)
• "Viking Kong" (Superheroes)
• "Catapult to Extinction" (Getting Heavier, 2002)

The Raconteurs

• "The Bane Rendition" (B-side of "Steady, As She Goes", 2006; also bonus track on deluxe edition of Broken Boy Soldiers)

Radiohead

• "Meeting In The Aisle" (Airbag / How Am I Driving? EP, 1997)
• "Treefingers" (Kid A, 2000)
• "Hunting Bears" (Amnesiac, 2001)
• "Feral" (The King of Limbs, 2011)

Rainbow

• "Still I'm Sad" (Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, 1975)
• "Weiss Heim" (B-side of "All Night Long", 1980)
• "Vielleicht Das Nachste Mal (Maybe Next Time)" (Difficult to Cure, 1981)
• "Difficult To Cure (Beethoven's Ninth)" (Difficult to Cure)
• "Anybody There" (Bent Out of Shape, 1983)
• "Snowman" (Bent Out of Shape)

Ramones

• "Durango 95" (Too Tough to Die, 1984)

Rare Earth

• "Fresh From the Can" (Greatest Hits & Rare Classics, 1991)

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers.

• "Prince of Sadness" (unreleased demo from sessions for Freaky Styley, 1985)
• "Pretty Little Ditty" (Mother's Milk, 1989)
• "Instrumental #1" (B-side of "Scar Tissue", 1999)
• "Instrumental #2" (Australian bonus track on Californication, 1999)
• "Behind the Sun (Instrumental Demo)" (bonus track on The Uplift Mofo Party Plan reissue, 2003)
• "Me & My Friends (Instrumental Demo)" (bonus track on The Uplift Mofo Party Plan reissue)
• "Song That Made Us What We Are Today" (bonus track on Mother's Milk reissue, 2003)
• "Salute to Kareem" (bonus track on Mother's Milk reissue)

Red Sparowes

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

R.E.M.

• "Rotary Ten" (B-side of "Fall on Me", 1986)
• "White Tornado" (B-side of "Superman", 1986)
• "Last Date" (B-side of "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)", 1987)
• "Memphis Train Blues" (B-side of "Stand", 1989)
• "Rotary Eleven" (B-side of "Losing My Religion", 1991)
• "Endgame" (Out of Time, 1991)
• "Winged Mammal Theme" (B-side of "Drive", 1992)
• "New Orleans Instrumental No. 1" (Automatic for the People, 1992)
• "New Orleans Instrumental No. 2" (B-side of "Man on the Moon", 1992)
• "Fruity Organ (B-side of "Man on the Moon")
• "Organ Song" (B-side of "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite", 1993)
• "Mandolin Strum" (B-side of "Everybody Hurts", 1993)
• "Zither" (New Adventures in Hi-Fi, 1996)
• "2JN" (B-side of "Imitation of Life", 2001)
• "165 Hillcrest" (B-side of "All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star)", 2001)

REO Speedwagon

• "Flying Turkey Trot" (R.E.O., 1976)
• "Gary's Guitar Solo" (Live: You Get What You Play For, 1977)
• "The Unidentified Flying Tuna Trot" (You Can Tune a Piano, but You Can't Tuna Fish, 1978)
• "Shakin' It Loose" (30th Anniversary Edition reissue of Hi Infidelity , 2011)

The Reverend Horton Heat

• "Marijuana" (Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em, 1990)

Rhapsody of Fire

• "Virgin Skies" (Legendary Tales, 1997)
• "Trolls in the Dark" (Dawn of Victory, 2000)
• "Deadly Omen" (Rain of a Thousand Flames, 2001)
• "Elnor's Magic Valley" (Rain of a Thousand Flames)
• "Elgard's Green Valleys" (Symphony of Enchanted Lands II – The Dark Secret, 2004)
• "Labyrinth of Madness" (The Frozen Tears of Angels, 2010)

Ride

• "Grasshopper" (B-side of "Leave Them All Behind", from Going Blank Again, 1992)
• "Rolling Thunder" (Carnival of Light, 1994)

Riot

• "Narita" (Narita, 1979)

The Rolling Stones

• "2120 South Michigan Avenue" (UK release Five by Five EP/US release 12 X 5, 1964)
• "Potted Shrimp" (studio outtake recorded in 1970)

Roxy Music

• "The Numberer" (B-side of "Virginia Plain", 1972)
• "India" (Avalon, 1982)
• "Tara" (Avalon)

Kevin Rudolf

• "Let It Rock (Instrumental)" (B-side of "Let It Rock", 2008)

Rush

Rush.

Neil Peart drumming.

• "2112 - I: Overture" (2112, 1976)
• "2112 - VII: Grand Finale" (2112)
• "Cygnus X-1, Book I: Prologue" (A Farewell To Kings, 1977)
• "La Villa Strangiato" (Hemispheres, 1978)
• "YYZ" (Moving Pictures, 1981)
• "Broon's Bane" (Exit...Stage Left, 1981)
• "Where's My Thing?" (Roll the Bones, 1991)
• "Leave That Thing Alone" (Counterparts, 1993)
• "Limbo" (Test for Echo, 1996)
• "Cygnus X-1" (Rush in Rio, 2003)
• "R30 Overture" (R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour, 2005)
• "The Main Monkey Business" (Snakes & Arrows, 2007)
• "Hope" (Snakes & Arrows)
• "Malignant Narcissism" (Snakes & Arrows)
• "O'Malley's Break" (Time Machine 2011: Live in Cleveland, 2011)
• Neil Peart drum solos released as separate tracks on Rush albums:
  • "The Rhythm Method" (A Show of Hands, 1989)
  • "O Baterista" (Rush in Rio)
  • "Der Trommler" (R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour)
  • "De Slagwerker" (Snakes & Arrows Live, 2008)
  • "Moto Perpetuo" (Time Machine 2011: Live in Cleveland)

S

Saga

• "Conversations" (Worlds Apart, 1981)
• "A Brief Case" (Drum Solo) (In Transit, 1982)
• "Nine Lives of Miss Midi" (Behaviour, 1985)
• "Entracte" (The Security of Illusion, 1993)
• "Viola!" (The Security of Illusion)
• "Generation 13 (Theme #1)" (Generation 13, 1995)
• "Danger Whistle" (Generation 13)
• "Snake Oil" (Generation 13)
• "Generation 13 (Theme #2)" (Generation 13)
• "One Small Step" (Generation 13)
• "In The Hall of the Mountain King William" (Detours, 1998)
• "William's Walkabout" (Detours)
• "Watching The Clock" (House of Cards, 2001)
• "Corkentellis" (10,000 Days, 2007)
• "The Human Condition" (The Human Condition, 2009)
• "Fish Beat" (Drum Solo) (Spin It Again! Live in Munich, 2013)

Sailor

• "Jacaranda" (B-side of "Girls, Girls, Girls", 1975)
• "Music (Instrumental)" (B-side of "Music", 1991)

Santana

Carlos Santana in 1973.

• "Waiting" (Santana, 1969)
• "Savor" (Santana)
• "Treat" (Santana)
• "Soul Sacrifice" (Santana)
• "Singing Winds, Crying Beasts" (Abraxas, 1970)
• "Gypsy Queen" (Abraxas)
• "Incident at Neshabur" (Abraxas)
• "Se a Cabo" (Abraxas)
• "Samba Pa Ti" (Abraxas)
• "Batuka" (Santana III, 1971)
• "Toussaint L'Overture" (Santana III)
• "Jungle Strut" (Santana III)
• "In a Silent Way" (Fillmore: The Last Days, 1972)
• "Eternal Caravan of Reincarnation" (Caravanserai, 1972)
• "Waves Within" (Caravanserai)
• "Look Up (To See What's Coming Down)" (Caravanserai)
• "Song of the Wind" (Caravanserai)
• "Future Primitive" (Caravanserai)
• "La Fuente del Ritmo" (Caravanserai)
• "Every Step of the Way" (Caravanserai)
• "Samba de Sausalito" (Welcome, 1973)
• "Yours Is the Light" (Welcome)
• "Free Angela" (Lotus, 1974)
• "Kyoto" (Lotus - drum solo)
• "Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)" (Amigos, 1976)
• "Jugando" (Festival, 1977)
• "Verão Vermelho" (Festival)
• "Revelations" (Festival)
• "Life Is A Lady/Holiday" (Inner Secrets, 1978)
• "Wham!" (Inner Secrets)
• "Marathon" (Marathon, 1979)
• "Aqua Marine" (Marathon)
• "Runnin'" (Marathon)
• "Ballin'" (Viva Santana!, 1988)
• "Gypsy/Grajonca" (Milagro, 1992)
• (with Vernon Reid) "Every Now and Then" (Dance of the Rainbow Serpent box set, 1995)
• "Gumbo" (bonus track on Santana III reissue, 1998)

Carlos Santana

• Blues for Salvador (1987)
• (with Jorge Santana) "Luz Amor y Vida" (Santana Brothers, 1994)
• "Reflections" (Santana Brothers)

Santo & Johnny

• "Sleep Walk" (Santo & Johnny, 1959)

Joe Satriani

Joe Satriani.

• Not of This Earth (1986)
• Surfing with the Alien (1987)
• Dreaming No. 11 (1988)
• Flying in a Blue Dream (1989)
• The Extremist (1992)
• Time Machine (1993)
• Joe Satriani (1995)
• Crystal Planet (1998)
• Engines of Creation (2000)
• Strange Beautiful Music (2002)
• Is There Love in Space? (2004)
• Super Colossal (2006)
• Professor Satchafunkilus and the Musterion of Rock (2008)
• Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards (2010)
• Unstoppable Momentum (2013)
• Shockwave Supernova (2015)

Savatage

• "Prelude To Madness" (Hall of the Mountain King, 1987)
• "Last Dawn" (Hall of the Mountain King)
• "Temptation Revelation" (Gutter Ballet, 1989)
• "Silk And Steel" (Gutter Ballet)
• "Labyrinths" (Edge of Thorns, 1993)
• "Exit Music" (Edge of Thorns)
• "Visions" (Handful of Rain, 1994)
• "Overture" (Dead Winter Dead, 1995)
• "Mozart and Madness" (Dead Winter Dead)
• "Memory (Dead Winter Dead Intro)" (Dead Winter Dead)
• "Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24)" (Dead Winter Dead)
• "Post Script" (Final Bell / Ghost in the Ruins, 1995)
• "The Ocean" (The Wake of Magellan, 1997)
• "Underture" (The Wake of Magellan)
• "The Storm" (The Wake of Magellan)
• "Voyage" (B-side of "Commissar", 2001)
• "Island of the Kings" (hidden bonus track on Sirens reissue, 2002)

Scorpions

• "Night Lights" (In Trance, 1975)
• "Coast to Coast" (Lovedrive, 1979)

Sentenced

• "Mourn" (Frozen, 1998)

Sepultura

• "Inquisition Symphony" (Schizophrenia, 1987)
• "Kaiowas" (Chaos A.D., 1993)
• "Ludwig Van" (A-Lex, 2009)

Seventh Wonder

• "There and Back" (Mercy Falls, 2008)

Shadow Gallery

• "Interlude #1" (Carved in Stone, 1995)
• "Interlude #2" (Carved in Stone)
• "Interlude #3" (Carved in Stone)
• "Celtic Princess" (Carved in Stone)
• "Interlude #4" (Carved in Stone)
• "Interlude #5" (Carved in Stone)
• "Ghost Ship: Voyage" (Carved in Stone)
• "Ghost Ship: Dead Calm" (Carved in Stone)
• "Ghost Ship: Enchantment" (Carved in Stone)
• "TG94" (hidden track on Carved in Stone)
• "Stiletto In The Sand" (Tyranny, 1998)
• "Chased" (Tyranny)
• "Cliffhanger: The Crusher" (Legacy, 2001)
• "Your Scenery" (hidden track on Legacy)
• "Manhunt" (Room V, 2005)
• "Birth Of A Daughter" (Room V)
• "Death Of A Mother" (Room V)
• "Seven Years" (Room V)
• "Dark" (Room V)

The Shadows

The Shadows in 2009.

A significant number of the band's recordings are instrumentals. See The Shadows discography for more details.

• "Apache" (1960)
• "Man of Mystery"/"The Stranger" (1960)
• The Shadows EP (1961)
• "F.B.I."/"Midnight" (1961)
• "The Frightened City" (1961)
• "Kon-Tiki" (1961)
• "The Savage"/"Peace Pipe" (1961)
• "Wonderful Land" (1962)
• "Guitar Tango" (1962)
• The Boys EP (1962)
• "Dance On!" (1962)
• "Foot Tapper" (1963)
• "Atlantis" (1963)
• "The Rise and Fall of Flingel Bunt" (1964)
• "The Warlord" (1965)
• "Maroc 7" (1967)

Kenny Wayne Shepherd

• "While We Cry" (Ledbetter Heights, 1995)
• "Ledbetter Heights" (Ledbetter Heights)

Derek Sherinian

• Planet X (1999)
• Inertia (2001)
• Black Utopia (2003)
• Mythology (2004)
• Blood of the Snake (2006)
• Molecular Heinosity (2009)

Sigur Rós

• "Untitled #3" a.k.a. "Samskeyti" (( ), 2002)
• "Intro" (Takk, 2005)
• "Hoppipolla" (Takk, 2005)

Silver Jews

• "Transylvania Blues" (Bright Flight, 2001)

Silverchair

• "Madman" (Frogstomp, 1995)

Simple Minds

• "This Earth That You Walk Upon" (B-side of "Love Song", 1981)
• "Theme for Great Cities" (Canadian release of Sons and Fascination / UK release of Sister Feelings Call, 1981)
• "Sound in 70 Cities" (Sister Feelings Call)
• "Somebody Up There Likes You" (New Gold Dream, 1982)
• "#4" (B-side of "Hypnotised", 1995)

Slade

• "M'Hat M'Coat" (Till Deaf Do Us Part, 1981)
• "Boyz (Instrumental)" (B-side of "You Boyz Make Big Noize", 1987; alternately titled "You Boyz Make Big Noize (Instrumental Boyz Version)" on 12" release)

Slash

• "Obsession Confession" (Curdled soundtrack, 1996)

Slayer

• "Delusions of Savior" (Repentless, 2015)

Small Faces

• "Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake" (Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake, 1968)
• "Wide Eyed Girl on the Wall" (The Autumn Stone, 1969)

The Smiths

• "Oscillate Wildly" (B-side of "How Soon Is Now?" 12", 1985)
• "Money Changes Everything" (B-side of "Bigmouth Strikes Again", 1986)
• "The Draize Train" (B-side of "Panic" 12", 1986)

Soda Stereo

• "X-Playo" (Sueño Stereo, 1995)
• "Sonoman (Banda de Sonido)" (Comfort y Música Para Volar, 1996)

Soilwork

• "Entering the Angel Diabolique" (Steelbath Suicide, 1998)
• "Centro de Predominio" (Steelbath Suicide)

Sonata Arctica

• "Revontulet" (Silence, 2001)
• "Reckoning Day, Reckoning Night" (Reckoning Night, 2004)

Sonic Youth

• SYR1: Anagrama EP (1997)
• SYR2: Slaapkamers Met Slagroom EP (1997)

Soulfly

• "Soulfly" (Soulfly, 1998)
• "Karmageddon" (Soulfly)
• "Soulfly II" (Primitive, 2000)
• "Soulfly III" (3, 2002)
• "Zumbi" (3)
• "Soulfly IV" (Prophecy, 2004)
• "The Dark Ages" (Dark Ages, 2005)
• "(The) March" (Dark Ages)
• "Soulfly V" (Dark Ages)
• "Soulfly VI" (Conquer, 2008)
• "Soulfly VII" (Omen, 2010)
• "Four Sticks" (bonus track on deluxe edition of Omen)
• "Soulfly VIII" (Enslaved, 2012)
• "Soulfly IX" (Savages, 2013)
• "Soulfly X" (Archangel, 2015)

Spheric Universe Experience

• "Burning Box Gala" (Mental Torments, 2005)
• "Halleygretto" (Mental Torments)
• "Stormy Dome" (Anima, 2007)
• "Black Materia" (Anima)
• "Near Death Experience" (Unreal, 2009)
• "O.B.E." (Unreal)

Spirit

• "Space Child" (Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus, 1970)

Split Enz

• "Double Happy" (True Colours, 1980)
• "The Choral Sea" (True Colours)
• "Wail" (Waiata, 1981)
• "Albert of India" (Waiata)
• "The Lost Cat" (See Ya 'Round, 1984)

Bruce Springsteen (and the E Street Band)

• "Paradise by the "C"" (Live/1975–85, 1986)

Jim Steinman

• "The Storm" (bonus EP included with Bad for Good, 1981)

Steve Morse Band

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

Steve Stevens

• Atomic Playboys (1989)
• Flamenco a Go-Go (2000)
• Memory Crash (2008)

Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble

• "Rude Mood" (Texas Flood, 1983)
• "Testify" (Texas Flood)
• "Lenny" (Texas Flood)
• "Hide Away" (Couldn't Stand the Weather, 1984)
• "Say What!" (Soul to Soul, 1985)
• "Travis Walk" (In Step, 1989)
• "Riviera Paradise" (In Step)
• "Little Wing" (The Sky Is Crying, 1991)
• "Chitlins con Carne" (The Sky Is Crying)

Rod Stewart

• "Henry" (Every Picture Tells a Story, 1971)
• "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" (Smiler, 1974)

Sting

• "Brimstone & Treacle" (soundtrack to Brimstone and Treacle, 1982)

Stratovarius

Stratovarius.

• "Fire Dance" (Fright Night, 1989)
• "Goodbye" (Fright Night)
• "Metal Frenzy" (Twilight Time, 1993)
• "Atlantis" (Dreamspace, 1994)
• "Stratovarius" (Fourth Dimension, 1995)
• "Call of the Wilderness" (Fourth Dimension)
• "Episode" (Episode, 1996)
• "Stratosphere" (Episode)
• "Holy Light" (Visions, 1997)
• "Holy Solos" (Visions of Europe, 1998)
• "Stratofortress" (Elements, Pt. 1, 2003)

Stray Dog

• "Pieces" (While You're Down There, 1974)
• "Worldwinds" (While You're Down There)

Styx

• "Little Fugue in G" (Styx II, 1973)
• "Prelude 12" (Equinox, 1975)
• "The Message" (Pieces of Eight, 1978)
• "Aku-Aku" (Pieces of Eight)

Sun Kil Moon

• "Si, Paloma" (Ghosts of the Great Highway, 2003)

Supergrass

• "Coffee in the Pot" (Road to Rouen, 2005)

Symphony X

• "Into the Dementia" (Symphony X, 1994)
• "Sonata" (Twilight in Olympus, 1998)
• "Transcendence" (V: The New Mythology Suite, 2000)
• "On the Breath of Poseidon" (V: The New Mythology Suite)
• "The Death of Balance" (V: The New Mythology Suite)
• "Rediscovery (Segue)" (V: The New Mythology Suite)
• "The Odyssey: Odysseus' Theme/Overture" (The Odyssey, 2002)
• "Star Wars Suite" (Rarities and Demos fan club EP, 2005)
• "Oculus ex Inferni" (Paradise Lost, 2007)

T

Tangerine Dream

Only three albums in this band's extensive discography contain any vocal tracks: Cyclone (1978), Tyger (1987) and Inferno (2002). Also, while the band's music does contain rock elements, it is often categorized within new-age, electronic and other genres instead.

Tarentel

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals.

Tea Party

• "Winter Solstice" (Splendor Solis, 1993)

Teenage Fanclub

• "Is This Music?" (Bandwagonesque, 1991)
• "Get Funky" (Thirteen, 1993)
• "Don's Gone Columbia" (Japanese bonus track on Thirteen)

Tex, Don and Charlie

• "Dead Dog Boogie" (1993)

Television

• "The Blow-Up" (The Blow-Up, 1982)
• "Untitled Instrumental" (bonus track on Marquee Moon reissue, 2003)

Testament

• "Hypnosis" (The New Order, 1988)
• "Musical Death (A Dirge)" (The New Order)
• "Confusion Fusion" (Practice What You Preach, 1989)
• "Beginning of the End" (Souls of Black, 1990)
• "Signs of Chaos" (The Ritual, 1992)
• "Urotsukidōji" (Low, 1994)
• "Hammer of the Gods" (The Gathering, 1999)
• "For the Glory Of..." (The Formation of Damnation, 2008)

They Might Be Giants

• "Space Suit" (Apollo 18, 1992)
• "Empty Bottle Blues" (They Got Lost, 2002)
• "Theme to McSweeney's" (They Got Lost)
• "Mosh Momken Abadon" (They Got Lost)
• "The Other Side of the World" (The Spine Surfs Alone EP, 2004)
• "No Plan B" (Cast Your Pod to the Wind, the bonus disc included with selected pressings of The Else, 2007)

Three Dog Night

• "Fire Eater" (Naturally, 1971)

Tin Machine

• "Hammerhead" (Tin Machine II, 1991)

Tindersticks

• "Tea Stain" (Tindersticks, 1993)
• "Vertrauen II" (Tindersticks, 1995)
• "Vertrauen III" (Tindersticks)
• "From the Inside" (Simple Pleasure, 1999)
• "What is a Man" (Instrumental) (B-side of "What is a Man", 2000)
• "Introduction" (The Hungry Saw, 2008)
• "E-Type" (The Hungry Saw)
• "The Organist Entertains" (The Hungry Saw)
• "Hubbards Hill" (Falling Down a Mountain, 2010)
• "Piano Music" (Falling Down a Mountain)
• "Goodbye Joe" (The Something Rain, 2012)

Toad

• "Tank" (Toad, 1971)

Timo Tolkki

• Classical Variations and Themes (1994)

Tool

• "Intermission" (Ænima, 1996)
• "Merkaba" (Salival, 2000)
• "Eon Blue Apocalypse" (Lateralus, 2001)
• "Mantra" (Lateralus)
• "Triad" (Lateralus)

The Tornados

• "Telstar" (1962)

Tortoise

Tortoise.

Most, if not all, Tortoise recordings are instrumentals.

• Tortoise (1994)
• Millions Now Living Will Never Die (1996)
• TNT (1998)
• Standards (2001)
• It's All Around You (2004)
• Beacons of Ancestorship (2009)

Toto

• "Child's Anthem" (Toto, 1978)
• "Don't Stop Me Now" (Fahrenheit, 1986)
• "Jake to the Bone" (Kingdom of Desire, 1992)
• "Dave's Gone Skiing" (Tambu, 1995)
• "Maiden Voyage/Butterfly" (Through the Looking Glass, 2002)
• "The Reeferman" (Falling in Between, 2006)

Tourniquet

• "K517" (Vanishing Lessons, 1994)

Traffic

• "Glad" (John Barleycorn Must Die, 1970)

Trans Am

• Trans Am, 1996
• Surrender to the Night, 1997
• The Surveillance, 1998
• Futureworld, 1999

Trans-Siberian Orchestra

• "First Snow" (Christmas Eve and Other Stories, 1996)
• "Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24" (Christmas Eve and Other Stories)
• "Wizards in Winter" (The Lost Christmas Eve, 2004)

Triumph

• "Fantasy Serenade" (Just a Game, 1979)
• "Finger Talkin'" (Progressions of Power, 1980)
• "Air Raid" (Allied Forces, 1981)
• "Petite Etude" (Allied Forces)
• "A Minor Prelude" (Never Surrender, 1983)
• "Midsummer's Daydream" (Thunder Seven, 1984)
• "Little Boy Blues" (Thunder Seven)
• "Embujo" ("The Sport of Kings")

Trivium

• "The Crusade" (The Crusade, 2006)

Robin Trower

• "Caravan to Midnight" (Caravan to Midnight, 1978)

U

U2

• "4th of July" (The Unforgettable Fire, 1984)
• "Boomerang I" (B-side of "Pride (In the Name of Love)", 1984)
• "Bass Trap" (B-side of "The Unforgettable Fire", 1985)
• "Alex Descends into Hell for a Bottle of Milk" (B-side of "The Fly", 1991)
• Original Soundtracks 1, with Brian Eno under the pseudonym Passengers, 1995 (about half of the album is instrumental)

UFO

• "Unidentified Flying Object" (UFO 1, 1970)
• "The Coming of Prince Kajuku" (UFO 2: Flying, 1971)
• "Lipstick Traces" (Phenomenon, 1974)

U.K.

• "Alaska" (U.K., 1978)

V

Steve Vai

Steve Vai.

• "Viv Woman" (Flex-Able, 1984)
• "Salamanders in the Sun" (Flex-Able)
• "The Attitude Song" (Flex-Able)
• "Call It Sleep" (Flex-Able)
• "There's Something Dead in Here" (Flex-Able)
• Passion and Warfare (1990)
• "Touching Tongues" (Sex & Religion, 1993)
• "Sofa" (Zappa's Universe, 1993)
• Alien Love Secrets EP (1995)
• "There's a Fire in the House" (Fire Garden, 1996)
• "The Crying Machine" (Fire Garden)
• "Dyin' Day" (Fire Garden)
• "Blowfish" (Fire Garden)
• "Hand on Heart" (Fire Garden)
• "Fire Garden Suite" (Fire Garden)
• "Warm Regards" (Fire Garden)
• The Ultra Zone (1999)
• Real Illusions: Reflections (2005)

Van Halen

Van Halen in 1976.

• "Eruption" (Van Halen, 1978)
• "Spanish Fly" (Van Halen II, 1979)
• "Tora! Tora!" (Women and Children First, 1980)
• "Sunday Afternoon in the Park" (Fair Warning, 1981)
• "Cathedral" (Diver Down, 1982)
• "Intruder" (Diver Down)
• "Little Guitars (Intro)" (Diver Down)
• "1984" (1984, 1984)
• "316" (For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge, 1991)
• "Strung Out" (Balance, 1995)
• "Doin' Time" (Balance)
• "Baluchitherium" (Balance)
• "Neworld" (Van Halen III, 1998)
• "Primary" (Van Halen III)

Eddie and Alex Van Halen

• "Respect the Wind" (soundtrack to Twister, 1996)

Vanden Plas

• "Fire Blossom" (The God Thing, 1997)
• "Journey to Paris" (Spirit of Live, 2000)
• "Spirit Of Life" (Spirit of Live)

Jimmie and Stevie Ray Vaughan

• "D/FW" (Family Style, 1990)

Venom

• "Mayhem with Mercy" (Welcome to Hell, 1981)

The Ventures

Most, if not all, of the band's recordings are instrumentals. See The Ventures discography for more details.

Vida Blue

• "Where's Popeyes" (Vida Blue, 2002)
• "Fresh Tube" (Vida Blue)

W

Tom Waits

• "Dave the Butcher" (Swordfishtrombones, 1983)
• "Just Another Sucker on the Vine" (Swordfishtrombones)
• "Rainbirds" (Swordfishtrombones)

Rick Wakeman

• The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1973)

Joe Walsh

• "Midnight Moodies" (The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get, 1973)
• "Pavanne for the Sleeping Beauty" (So What, 1974)
• "Inner Tube" (But Seriously, Folks..., 1978)
• "Theme from Boat Weirdos" (But Seriously, Folks...)
• "Theme from Baroque Weirdos" (Songs for a Dying Planet, 1992)

Warbringer

• "Nightmare Anatomy" (Waking into Nightmares, 2009)

Warhorse

• "Mouthpiece" (Red Sea, 1972)

Mike Watt

• "Maggot Brain" (Ball-Hog or Tugboat?, 1995)

Paul Weller

• "Always There to Fool You" (B-side of "Uh Huh Oh Yeh", 1992)

White Heart

• "Let The Children Play" (Don't Wait for the Movie, 1986)

James White

• (as James White and the Blacks) "Off Black" (Off White, 1979)
• (as James White's Flaming Demonics) "Caravan/It Don't Mean A Thing/Melt Yourself Down" (James White Presents The Flaming Demonics, 1983)

Whitecross

• "Nagasake" (Whitecross, 1987)
• "The Hammer and the Nail" (Hammer & Nail, 1988)
• "Flashpoint" (Triumphant Return, 1989)
• "The Eternal Fire " (In the Kingdom, 1991)
• "Overdrive" (High Gear, 1992)
• "Groove" (Unveiled, 1994)
• "Re:Animate" (Nineteen Eighty Seven, 2005)

The Who

• "The Ox" (My Generation, 1965)
• "Cobwebs and Strange" (UK release A Quick One, 1966/US release Happy Jack, 1967)
• "Radio London (Instrumental)" (end portion of "Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand", The Who Sell Out, 1967)
• "Track Records (Instrumental)" (end portion of "Rael (1 and 2)", The Who Sell Out)
• "Dogs, Part Two" (B-side of "Pinball Wizard", 1969)
• "Overture" (Tommy, 1969)
• "Sparks" (Tommy)
• "Underture" (Tommy)
• "Quadrophenia" (Quadrophenia, 1973)
• "The Rock" (Quadrophenia)
• "Hall of the Mountain King" (bonus track on The Who Sell Out reissue, 1995)
• "My Generation (Instrumental)" (bonus track on deluxe edition reissue of My Generation, 2002)

Widespread Panic

• "L.A." (Ain't Life Grand, 1994)
• "Action Man" (bonus disc included with Don't Tell the Band, 2001/Live in the Classic City, 2002; also appears on the main album of Don't Tell the Band with vocals)

Mason Williams

• "Classical Gas" (The Mason Williams Phonograph Record, 1968)

Brian Wilson

• "Mrs. O'Leary's Cow" (SMiLE, 2004)

Wishbone Ash

• "The Pilgrim" (Pilgrimage, 1971)
• "Outward Bound" (New England, 1976)

Within Temptation

• "Blooded" (Enter, 1997)

Link Wray

• "Rumble" (1958)
• "Switchblade" (Bullshot, 1979)

Richard Wright

• "Mediterranean C" (Wet Dream, 1978)
• "Cat Cruise" (Wet Dream)
• "Waves" (Wet Dream)
• "Mad Yannis Dance" (Wet Dream)
• "Drop In from the Top" (Wet Dream)
• "Funky Deux" (Wet Dream)
• "Black Cloud" (Broken China, 1996)

X

X Japan

• "Dear Loser" (Vanishing Vision, 1988)
• "Prologue (~ World Anthem)" (Blue Blood, 1989)
• "Xclamation" (Blue Blood)
• "Es Dur no Piano Sen" (Jealousy, 1991)
• "White Wind From Mr. Martin ~Pata's Nap~" (Jealousy )
• "Wriggle" (Dahlia, 1996)

Y

The Yardbirds

• "Got to Hurry" (B-side of "For Your Love", 1965)
• "White Summer" (Little Games, 1967)

Yes

Yes.

• "Clap" (The Yes Album, 1971)
• "Cans and Brahms" (Fragile, 1971)
• "Five Per Cent for Nothing" (Fragile)
• "The Fish (Schindleria Praematurus)" (Fragile)
• "Mood for a Day" (Fragile)
• "Cinema" (90125, 1983)
• "Si" (9012Live: The Solos, 1985)
• "Solly's Beard" (9012Live: The Solos)
• "Amazing Grace" (9012Live: The Solos)
• "Whitefish" (9012Live: The Solos)
• "Masquerade" (Union, 1991)
• "The Endless Dream: Silent Spring" (Talk, 1994)
• "Sign Language" (Keys to Ascension 2, 1997)
• "Australia" (The Ultimate Yes: 35th Anniversary Collection, 2003)
• "New World Symphony" (The Ultimate Yes: 35th Anniversary Collection)
• "Fly from Here: Overture" (Fly from Here, 2011)
• "Solitaire" (Fly from Here)

Yo La Tengo

• "Sleeping Pill" (May I Sing with Me, 1992)
• "Superstar-Watcher" (Painful, 1993)
• "I Heard You Looking" (Painful)
• "False Ending" (Electr-O-Pura, 1995)
• "Return to Hot Chicken" (I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One, 1997)
• "Green Arrow" (I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One)
• "Spec Bebop" (I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One)
• "Tired Hippo" (And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out, 2000)
• The Sounds of the Sounds of Science (2002)
• "Georgia Vs. Yo La Tengo" (Summer Sun, 2003)
• "Daphnia" (I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass, 2006)

Neil Young

• "The Emperor of Wyoming" (Neil Young, 1968)
• Soundtrack to Dead Man, 1996)

Z

Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa playing in Oslo in January 1977.

A significant portion of Zappa's discography consists of instrumental works, but many of these could be classified as modern classical or avant-garde music rather than rock.

• "Peaches en Regalia" (Hot Rats, 1969)
• "Son of Mr Green Genes" (Hot Rats)
• "Little Umbrellas" (Hot Rats)
• "The Gumbo Variations" (Hot Rats)
• "It Must Be a Camel" (Hot Rats)
• "Transylvania Boogie" (Chunga's Revenge, 1970)
• "Twenty Small Cigars" (Chunga's Revenge)
• "Chunga's Revenge" (Chunga's Revenge)
• "Big Swifty" (Waka/Jawaka, 1972)
• "Waka/Jawaka" (Waka/Jawaka, 1972)
• "Blessed Relief" (The Grand Wazoo, 1972)
• "Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus" (The Grand Wazoo)
• "Eat That Question" (The Grand Wazoo)
• "The Grand Wazoo" (The Grand Wazoo)
• "Black Napkins" (Zoot Allures, 1976)
• "Friendly Little Finger" (Zoot Allures)
• "Zoot Allures" (Zoot Allures)
• Sleep Dirt (1979 - reissues of this album featured overdubbed vocals on several tracks)
• "Rat Tomago" (Sheik Yerbouti, 1979)
• "Rubber Shirt" (Sheik Yerbouti)
• "The Sheik Yerbouti Tango" (Sheik Yerbouti)
• "Watermelon In Easter Hay" (Joe's Garage, 1979)
• Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar/Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Some More/Return of the Son of Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar (1981)
• "Theme from the 3rd Movement of Sinister Footwear" (You Are What You Is, 1981)
• "Envelopes" (Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch, 1982)
• "Tink Walks Amok" (The Man from Utopia, 1983)
• "Mōggio" (The Man from Utopia)
• "Sinister Footwear II" (Them or Us, 1984)
• "Marque-son’s Chicken" (Them or Us)
• "Alien Orifice" (Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention, 1985)
• "What's New in Baltimore?" (Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention)
• Jazz from Hell (1986)
• The Guitar World According to Frank Zappa (1987)
• Guitar (1988)
• Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute (1996)
• Trance-Fusion (2006)

ZZ Top

• "Apologies to Pearly" (Rio Grande Mud, 1972)
• "Asleep in the Desert" (Tejas, 1976)

See also

• Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance
• Heavy metal music
• Instrumental rock
• List of instrumental bands
• Rock and roll
• Surf music

References

External links

• Every instrumental top 20 hit song from 1960 to the present from Tunecaster.com with a sample of each